A Tauranga local has captured stunning close-up images of five rare leatherback turtles in the waters close to Mount ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A nearly half-ton leatherback sea turtle carcass washed ashore on Martha's Vineyard on June 16, marking the first sea turtle ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. The leatherback sea turtle offers a rare look into ...

Pilot Martial Ngangnang readies the NOAA Twin Otter on Wednesday for an aerial survey for leatherback turtles. As someone who’s spent decades researching the Western Pacific leatherback turtle, Scott ...

A rare leatherback turtle left a nest in New Smyrna Beach over the weekend, marking the earliest point in a year that a turtle has nested on a county-managed beach in recorded history, according to a ...

Florida sea turtle nesting season generally starts about March 1 and ends about Nov. 15, but at least four leatherbacks are ...

This week, just 4km off a popular city beach, a wildlife photographer snapped a series of images showing something “almost ...

For eastern Pacific populations of leatherback turtles, the 21st century could be the last. New research suggests that climate change could exacerbate existing threats and nearly wipe out the ...

When it comes to leatherback turtles, the world's largest species of sea turtle, there's a conundrum: The species itself is critically endangered, but at least one leatherback population is stable — ...

A leatherback turtle laid a nest on March 9 in New Smyrna Beach. The nest marks the earliest in a year on record that a turtle has laid a nest on a county-managed beach. Turtle nesting season ...