Either way, the food shortage seems to have made the leatherback population in the eastern Pacific all the more vulnerable to pressure from poachers and fishermen, and the turtles there are now a ...

Once prevalent in every ocean except the Arctic and Antarctic, the leatherback population is rapidly declining in many parts of the world. While all other sea turtles have hard, bony shells ...

Surveys conducted in 2016 and 2019 confirm that important nesting beaches have re-formed after the 2004 Indian Ocean ...

The leather turtles once nested across the shores of mainland Indian, but lately their habitats have shifted to only the ...

A global study published in Endangered Species Research finds that endangered sea turtles are recovering in more than half ...

A new global survey finds that endangered sea turtles show signs of recovery in a majority of places where they’re found ...

MUROTO, Kochi Prefecture--An endangered leatherback sea turtle found ... The juvenile turtle apparently mistook the bags for food when it came across them floating in the sea.

Suriname's Braamspunt Beach is an important nesting spot for threatened leatherback ... the organization adds, sea turtle hatchlings are a crucial source of food for many animals.

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 ...