They have two sharp cusps sitting on both the top and bottom jaw that make it easy to pierce soft organisms such as jellyfish. This unique beak means that leatherback sea turtles can eat up to ...

NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla. — A leatherback sea turtle was spotted on New Smyrna Beach, marking the earliest recorded sea turtle nest on County-managed beaches. Although sea turtle nesting season ...

Leatherback sea turtle hatchlings are checked for health on a beach in Armila, Panama. (Arnulfo Franco/AP) ... a top backer of the law. But the law is not meant to only be punitive, ...

A rare and endangered leatherback sea turtle has been found washed up on a beach, with wildlife officers unsure what caused its death. The Australian Registry of Wildlife Health, a research ...

SAVING THE LEATHERBACK SEA TURTLE . As ancient as the dinosaurs, the leatherback sea turtle is something of a dinosaur itself — and the heaviest reptile on the planet. This champion swimmer, whose ...

At that depth, the leatherback swam deeper than the current Guinness World Record for the deepest turtle dive — 4,199 feet (1,280 m) — set by another leatherback, the deepest-diving reptile ...

On the first day of the season, on Friday, they spotted Scully, a leatherback sea turtle, around 2 a.m. while monitoring in Jupiter. While Scully is the first sea turtle of the season for LMC, ...

The largest of the marine turtles, the leatherback can reach a total length of about 1.8m (6ft) with a weight of about 540kg (1,200lb) ...

Weighing in at 1,000 pounds, she is one of the biggest leatherback turtles that has ever been recorded by Loggerhead Marinelife Center.Bootes has been nesting on Juno Beach for 23 years.

A rescue team successfully disentangled a 400-pound leatherback sea turtle in Cape Cod Bay Sunday, likely saving the animal’s life. The turtle was found by boaters off the coast of Wellfleet and ...

A leatherback sea turtle got off to an early start on March 9, marking the earliest recorded sea turtle nest on ...

They have two sharp cusps sitting on both the top and bottom jaw that make it easy to pierce soft organisms such as jellyfish. This unique beak means that leatherback sea turtles can eat up to ...