Three endangered leatherback turtles laid a total of 195 eggs across Terengganu beaches in September 2024. All 195 eggs have been moved to the Turtle Conservation Centre Hatchery in Rantau Abang for ...

In 2026, biologists at Cape Hatteras National Seashore have already found four nests from endangered leatherback sea turtles. That single-season figure equals the combined total recorded there over ...

For the first time in years, leatherbacks have returned to nest in significant numbers on the Pacific coast of Nicaragua. These gargantuan sea turtles look like behemoths from a bygone age, which ...

The endangered species often feasts off jellyfish in local waters.

FOLLY BEACH — Beachgoers have been shell-shocked to see leatherback sea turtles — an endangered species, swimming along the coast of South Carolina. The leatherback is the largest turtle in the world, ...

Just after 3 a.m. on a recent Friday morning, a 4.5-foot-long leatherback sea turtle covered her freshly dug nest with sand, sweeping and packing it into place with steady strokes of her flippers just ...

The Costa Rican government is supporting a proposed law that will allow construction in Las Baulas National Marine Park and destroy a critical nesting beach for endangered leatherback turtles. San ...