Blood seeps from a dying leatherback harpooned by an indigenous hunter near Indonesia’s Kei Islands. Leatherbacks are the largest of the seven sea turtle ... of loggerhead plastron, the bony ...

The Leatherback Sea Turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) close-up view. Lute turtle floats on to surface fo the water and receiving sunbathe Leatherback Turtle Swimming Extremely Rare part one of two ...

A 1-square-meter plastic sheet was found inside a dead leatherback sea turtle on a beach in Fukui Prefecture, the largest piece of plastic debris reported ingested by the species, researchers said.

Sea turtles grow 2 – 7 feet long in length and weigh 70 – 1500 pounds. Given that there are seven species of sea turtles, the leatherback is the largest sea turtle and can weigh up to 2,000 pounds. In ...

MUROTO, Kochi Prefecture--An endangered leatherback sea turtle found dead in a fishing net in local waters here in June had swallowed two plastic bags, an autopsy of its stomach contents showed.

Close up image of a baby sea turtle on a beach. Generated using DALLE-E by Linnea at AATG. The journey begins on the sandy beaches of Florida’s East Coast, from the Canaveral National Seashore to the ...

The past decade has seen an increase in the number of leatherback turtles feeding in our waters - but they are also in trouble. Peter Langlands is a conservationist, freelance writer and photographer ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This photo provided by researchers shows a young green sea turtle released with a satellite tag swimming in ...

Per the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, cold-stunning occurs when water temperatures drop below 50 degrees, which is too cold for sea turtles to maintain their body temperature.

1000m - depth to which Leatherbacks can dive 110 million - years that it is believed Leatherbacks have been on the planet 540kg - potential weight of a typical Leatherback ...

including green sea turtles. Here, we explored the electrode placements on the plastron that can be applied to ECG measurement in green turtles. ECG signals were checked using a handheld ECG monitor ...

This video of a leatherback turtle caught most likely in one of the Ìlàjẹ́ communities iin Ondo State s going round. I know there's poverty and hardship in the land but we need to protect our wildlife ...