Dive into crystal blue water by day and help protect the nesting Leatherback turtles by night. Pair vacation with the deep satisfaction of helping to protect and conserve an endangered species like ...

Leatherback sea turtles start life the same size as other sea turtles. As they age, however, they grow progressively larger.

Florida’s sea turtle nesting season is already off to an impressive start, and researchers say it could be a big year.

A dead leatherback turtle that was found washed ashore near O'Leary, P.E.I., on Tuesday showed no "immediate signs of human interaction," says one of the pathologists who conducted the necropsy. The ...

Sea turtle nesting season has arrived in Flagler County with two leatherback turtles digging nests in Flagler Beach ahead of the official start of nesting season. The first turtle dug a nest on April ...

With a name like "Leatherback Turtle" you might think the sea turtles could stand up to just about anything the ocean can throw at them, and for more than a hundred million years, they have. But tough ...

Leatherback turtles are highly vulnerable to getting entangled in lobster pot fishing gear off the coast of Massachusetts. A new study now shows that they can largely survive these entanglements — if ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif.— The California Fish and Game Commission voted today to protect leatherback sea turtles as endangered under the state’s Endangered Species Act. The commission acted on the ...

The Pacific leatherback turtle's last population stronghold could disappear within 20 years if conservation efforts aren't expanded, a new study finds. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get ...

The Leatherback Sea Turtle is the largest species of turtle on Earth. Told through the eyes of a 12 year-old boy, he has been keeping up with its status and journey in Thailand for 6 years. Learn ...

Sea turtle nest monitors along the Sanibel and Captiva beaches happened upon a rare sighting during a nighttime survey Sunday night. Workers with the Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation spotted ...

Leatherback sea turtles start life the same size as other sea turtles. As they age, however, they grow progressively larger. These giants of the reptile world are relics from the Late Triassic and the ...