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 diving capabilities are unmatched by ...

Bleakney recognized it as a leatherback, the biggest of all sea turtles ... Even from the boat, it's clear that the turtles here are absorbed in eating. When Bert or Blair spots one—scanning ...

Turtles are ending up in the cold waters of Cape Cod Bay. Here's how the New England Aquarium is warming them up and nursing them back to health.

Blood seeps from a dying leatherback harpooned ... and sea management program cover sea turtle nests with cages to protect them from feral pigs, which eat turtle eggs and hatchlings.

Discover the incredible journey of Bootes, a leatherback sea turtle tracked from Florida to New York's coastal waters!

Whether you’re a lover of all sea animals or prefer them as weapon-wielding, pizza-eating ninjas ... and the largest is the leatherback sea turtle. It can grow up to 900kg.

"It's very unusual to get leatherback turtles in the southern North Sea." The team measured the turtle and scanned it for electronic tags, before removing its shell to examine the organs.

Turtles are ectotherms—their internal temperature varies according to the ambient environment, commonly called cold-blooded. However, because of their high metabolic rate, leatherback sea ...

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 ...

Leatherback turtles are the largest species of sea turtle and can grow up to 2.9 meters long. According to Niamh: "You couldn't miss it because it was so big, but we didn't know what it was ...

Suriname's Braamspunt Beach is an important nesting spot for threatened leatherback, green, and olive ridley sea ... SEE Turtles, they help to keep other species in check through their eating ...