The 2,000-pound leatherback is the fourth-largest reptile. Leatherback turtles can grow up to eight feet long. Unlike other reptiles, leatherback turtles use thermoregulation to warm up or cool down.

With four months still remaining in the season, Boca Raton could see even more records fall.

A B.C. nurse has documented a giant sea turtle swimming off the coast of Haida Gwaii, a collection of islands off B.C.'s northwest coast — a sighting that's being celebrated by conservation ...

In 2026, biologists at Cape Hatteras National Seashore have already found four nests from endangered leatherback sea turtles.

When sea turtle hatchlings emerge from their nests, typically at night, they crawl toward the ocean in what is known as "seafinding." They have to discriminate between the brighter seaward versus a ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. Californians can proudly claim a champion in the Great Turtle Race, an ...

Dive into crystal blue water by day and help protect the nesting Leatherback turtles by night. Pair vacation with the deep satisfaction of helping to protect and conserve an endangered species like ...

It is past midnight on a beach in southern Thailand and 12-year-old Prin Uthaisangchai is anxiously staring at a leatherback turtle nest, waiting for scores of the endangered hatchlings to scrabble ...

With a name like "Leatherback Turtle" you might think the sea turtles could stand up to just about anything the ocean can throw at them, and for more than a hundred million years, they have. But tough ...

The majestic leatherback turtle is the largest sea turtle in the world, growing to more than 6 feet in length. It is also one of the most threatened. A major new study of migration patterns has ...

A new study in Marine Pollution Bulletin has confirmed that the world’s largest sea turtle is succumbing in startling numbers to an environmental issue that receives little attention: plastic trash in ...

In a matter of four days, crews from the New England Aquarium rescued two Leatherback turtles that each weighed at least 500 pounds. On Sunday, the Aquarium, along with the Mass Audubon Wellfleet Bay ...