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 ...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico— Conservation groups filed a legal petition today urging the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to revise protected critical habitat for the leatherback sea turtle (Dermochelys ...

A U.S. district court has issued summary judgment against a lawsuit filed by conservationists attempting to stop the opening of leatherback sea turtle habitat to commercial sablefish harvesting, ...

SAN FRANCISCO — Conservationists’ lawsuit against the opening of leatherback sea turtle habitat to stablefish pot fishing was tossed as moot because a new biological opinion has been issued. The court ...

such as Pacific leatherback sea turtles, listed as critically endangered. Threats include habitat loss, bycatch in fishing gear, climate change and plastic pollution. Endangered 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 ...

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.

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.

This dog can find rare sea turtle nests—shockingly successfully This dog can find rare sea turtle nests—shockingly successfully Help save sea turtles in Trinidad and Tobago Help save sea ...