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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Black and gleaming in the moonlight, each female drags herself from the ... Unlike the massive, overhanging shell of other sea turtles, the leatherback's flexible, formfitting carapace merges ...

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 ...

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.