An enormous 600-pound leatherback turtle has safely returned to the ocean in Provincetown, Massachusetts after volunteers helped free it from a mudflat it was stuck in. The turtle, which is estimated ...

In short: Two endangered leatherback turtles were freed from shark nets off Sydney's Northern Beaches in one day. National Parks and Wildlife Service says it's unusual to see leatherback turtles at ...

They’re ancient, their hatchlings are adorable, and they have a mystery to them that draws you closer. Sea turtles have ...

Leatherback turtles have not nested on Australian shores in 25 years Researchers hope the sighting of a mating pair will see them nest locally An early start to the Mon Repos nesting season suggests ...

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 ...

The Leatherback Turtle can grow to well over 2m long and weight up to 900kg making it the largest species of turtle in the world. And since it is found almost worldwide it is the most widely ...

Based on records held in the National Biodiversity Database Centre in Waterford, the Leatherback Turtle is by way the most common sea turtle to turn up on our shores. Of the 903 sea turtle records 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 ...

BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA — The giant Pacific leatherback turtle, known for its arduous 6,000-mile (10,000 km) ocean trek from the U.S. West Coast to breeding grounds in Indonesia, could go extinct within ...

A TikTok video of a leatherback turtle dangling from a fishing wire on a boat has been viewed 4.6 million times and has sparked outrage from one conservation group. The video, posted by the user ...

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