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 program, ...

NORFOLK, Va. — After a leatherback sea turtle washed ashore twice on the beaches in Ocean View, Virginia Aquarium officials decided to humanely put down the animal. An aquarium spokesperson said the ...

A TikTok video of a leatherback turtle dangling from a fishing wire on a boat has been viewed 4.6 million times and has sparked outrage from one conservation group. The video, posted by the user ...

Pilot Martial Ngangnang readies the NOAA Twin Otter on Wednesday for an aerial survey for leatherback turtles. As someone who’s spent decades researching the Western Pacific leatherback turtle, Scott ...

A leatherback turtle died after getting caught up in a fishing pot line, a wildlife trust has said. The stranded turtle at Porthleven Beach was reported to Cornwall Wildlife Trust on Wednesday, but it ...

OCRACOKE, N.C. — For the first time in 16 years, leatherback sea turtle hatchlings emerged from a nest on Cape Hatteras National Seashore on the Outer Banks. The hatchlings came from a nest on ...

Loggerhead Marinelife Center researchers spotted a large leatherback turtle named Bootes nesting on Juno Beach Thursday night. Weighing in at 1,000 pounds, she is one of the biggest leatherback ...

For most sea turtles, the journey to find the ocean from their nests is pretty straightforward. However, leatherback hatchlings more often crawl around in circles trying to find the ocean. Circling ...

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 ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California took a step Wednesday toward placing Pacific leatherback sea turtles under state protection as the species faces potential extinction from human-caused problems.

February 26, 2004 (San Jose, Costa Rica) – The leatherback turtle, a gentle giant weighing close to a ton (907 kg) and measuring eight feet (2.4 meters) in length, may be extinct within a decade in ...