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 ...

While leatherbacks are threatened throughout their range — including from sea-level rise ... Finally, in 2021 the California Department of Fish and Wildlife recommended protecting leatherback sea ...

Now, in some parts of its range, it is at the end of the line ... Unlike the massive, overhanging shell of other sea turtles, the leatherback's flexible, formfitting carapace merges almost ...

The leatherback sea turtle is the heavyweight of the sea turtle ... unusual for reptiles — enables them to survive in a wide range of climates. This adaptation allows leatherbacks to forage ...

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

They are surviving reptiles from prehistoric times and come in a wide range of ... soft-shelled turtles, aquatic turtles, giant tortoises and sea turtles. Although the leatherback turtle is ...

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 ...

A "vulnerable" leatherback turtle badly entangled in trawler gear has been rescued by a fisherman. The turtle was attached to a "heavy solid buoy" and "would have died" had it not been cut free on ...

The turtle's body has been taken to the Natural History Museum for further investigation A leatherback turtle weighing ... which records the discovery of sea creatures such as whales, porpoises ...

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.

MUROTO, Kochi Prefecture--An endangered leatherback sea turtle found dead in a fishing net in local waters here in June had swallowed two plastic bags, an autopsy of its stomach contents showed.