Leatherback turtles undertake an enormous migration from the temperate feeding waters to the tropical breeding waters, a journey of over 7,000km. These turtles are increasingly spending time ...

Once prevalent in every ocean except the Arctic and Antarctic, the leatherback population is rapidly declining in many parts of the world. While all other sea turtles have hard, bony shells ...

The leatherback sea turtle is the heavyweight of the sea turtle world ... literally. This sea turtle species can grow as long as a small car and weighing over half a ton! Unlike other sea turtles ...

The last large populations of the leatherback turtle are at risk, a new study shows. The last large populations of the leatherback turtle are at risk because their migratory routes in the Atlantic ...

DESCRIPTION: The leatherback ... by other sea turtles. RANGE: Leatherbacks are found in all tropical and subtropical oceans. They have been found as far south as the southernmost tip of New Zealand ...

At that depth, the leatherback swam deeper than the current Guinness World Record for the deepest turtle dive — 4,199 ... commonly take this eastern migration route, while peak season nesters ...

A Good Samaritan called it in. A giant leatherback sea turtle was struggling in the waters of Cape Cod last Thursday. Scientists and staff from the New England Aquarium Anderson Cabot Center for ...