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 ...

As ancient as the dinosaurs, the leatherback sea turtle is something of a dinosaur itself — and the heaviest reptile on the planet. This champion swimmer, whose diving capabilities are unmatched by ...

WWF Central America works hard to save the endangered Pacific leatherback turtle in Junquillal Beach ... where eggs are brought in to be protected until the release of the baby turtles. WWF also ...

The turtle's body has been taken to the Natural History Museum for further investigation A leatherback turtle weighing about a quarter of a tonne (250kg) has been found washed up near an Essex river.

"We were really excited to find evidence that the Mid-Atlantic Bight serves as a major foraging ground for leatherbacks ...

Bleakney recognized it as a leatherback, the biggest of all sea turtles. Leatherbacks, he recalled, were supposed to be creatures of the tropics, as out of place in chilly, gray Canadian waters as ...

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 ...