Investigator Chris Sasso with NOAA National Marine Fisheries applies a satellite tag to the rear end of a leatherback sea turtle shell found off Cape Lookout NC. CMAST photo An endangered leatherback ...

An endangered leatherback sea turtle was killed by a propeller strike along the North Carolina coast, according to the N.C. State University Center for Marine Sciences and Technology. “A leatherback ...

For the first time in 11 years, an endangered leatherback sea turtle has laid a nest on North Carolina's Ocracoke Island. A nest with 93 eggs was laid on the beach and found in the early morning on ...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — The giant Pacific leatherback turtle, known for its arduous 6,000-mile ocean trek from the U.S. West Coast to breeding grounds in Indonesia, could go extinct within 20 years as its ...

The largest sea turtle in the world doesn’t have a hard shell. Instead, the leatherback turtle has a tough, rubbery skin, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. These ocean ...

Caring vets treated a huge leatherback turtle after it became entangled in a fishing net at a Spanish port and suffered multiple injuries. The large turtle was treated at Oceanogràfic València, an ...

A recent tragedy occurred in Indian River County, Florida when an elderly man tried to save a turtle. The reptile was slowly creeping across I-95 when an 87-year-old Vermont native attempted to help ...

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — The Amos Rehabilitation Keep (ARK) at the UT Marine Science Institute is warning boaters to watch for leatherback turtles in area waters after at least three were hit with boat ...

SARASOTA — The feverish excitement over the discovery of the area's second-ever group of leatherback sea turtle nests is over. The eggs did not hatch, according to the Mote Marine Laboratory Sea ...

Slow and steady wins the race. It’s a sentiment that has shadowed turtles for years, and perhaps, for good reason. Turtles are slow, but wise. Sea turtles, however, are nothing short of amazing. Sea ...

Talk about a mutant turtle. Researchers have discovered the largest turtle to ever live, Stupendemys geographicus, roamed the ancient seas in greater ranges than previously believed, according to a ...