Adults can exceed 6 feet in length and weigh up to 2,000 pounds.

For the first time in years, leatherbacks have returned to nest in significant numbers on the Pacific coast of Nicaragua. These gargantuan sea turtles look like behemoths from a bygone age, which ...

"I'm hopeful we'll see strong hatching success and a lot of baby turtles getting their chance out in the ocean." ...

Emergency room nurse Victoria Bradshaw was just getting ready to fish off the coast of Haida Gwaii last Monday when she saw a large head pop up out of the water. "At first I thought it was a sea lion, ...

A rare visitor is making waves both in the ocean and along the South Carolina coast. A leatherback sea turtle was spotted in the waters off Folly Beach over the weekend, marking the Lowcountry’s first ...

RIYADH — Saudi Arabia’s National Center for Wildlife Development has recorded a rare sighting of a critically endangered leatherback sea turtle in the Red Sea, about 30 kilometers off Al-Qunfudhah ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. WASHINGTON (AP) — Endangered sea turtles ...

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 ...

Sea turtles survived dinosaurs but may not survive us. David Godfrey has spent three decades fighting poachers, plastic, and ...