A remarkable plesiosaur fossil reveals that the extinct reptiles had scales like modern sea turtles, unlike the ichthyosaurs ...

Spend time with researchers like Eckert, though, and you'll begin to see this turtle as a survivor. The leatherback can dive nearly a mile, swim across oceans, and keep itself warm in water close ...

According to NOAA, cold-stunning is a condition where sea turtles become very weak or inactive after being exposed to cold ...

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 ...

"We were really excited to find evidence that the Mid-Atlantic Bight serves as a major foraging ground for leatherbacks ...

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.

The state can play an important role in ensuring future generations of Californians still have leatherback turtles swimming off our coasts.” Listing leatherbacks under the state’s Endangered Species ...

Leatherback Turtles are remarkable ... In 2020, researchers tracked a loggerhead swimming 37,000 kilometers from South Africa to Western Australia. In March 2024, a conservation volunteer found ...

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 ...