While all other sea turtles have hard, bony shells, the inky-blue carapace of the leatherback is somewhat ... A mix of male and female hatchlings occurs when the nest temperature is approximately ...

The leatherback sea turtle is the heavyweight of the sea turtle ... During the nesting season, however, female leatherbacks return to the same tropical and subtropical beaches where they were ...

Blood seeps from a dying leatherback harpooned by an indigenous ... Once or twice a month during Costa Rica’s rainy season, female olive ridley sea turtles come ashore by the tens of thousands ...

Female leatherbacks nest several times during a season ... undeveloped beaches is toward the open horizon of the sea. LIFE CYCLE: Leatherback sea turtles reach sexual maturity at five to 15 years and ...

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 ...

Eggs incubated in sand at temperatures above 31°C produce all female turtle ... sea divers, reaching depths of over 1000m, and their soft shell can cope with the changes in pressure. Leatherback ...

WWF is working with a local community in Costa Rica to stop egg poaching of leatherback turtle nests ... and the construction and operation of a sea turtle hatchery, where eggs are brought in to be ...

A 1-square-meter plastic sheet was found inside a dead leatherback sea turtle on a beach in Fukui Prefecture, the largest piece of plastic debris reported ingested by the species, researchers said.

Between October 2020 and February 2021, 18 nests of leatherback turtles – which can grow up to 400 kilograms as an adult and are the largest species of sea turtles – were found in Phuket.

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 ...