Karen Baird, a threatened and migratory species adviser for the conservation group South Pacific Regional Environment Programme, identified the turtle in the video as a leatherback. According to the ...

Saudi Arabia has taken a major step in marine conservation with the discovery of the country’s largest recorded sea turtle ...

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 leatherback turtle is the largest sea turtle species, with adults reaching lengths of up to 7 feet (2.1 meters) and weights exceeding 2,000 pounds (907 kg). Instead of a bony shell like what ...

Unlike other sea turtles, these gentle giants lack a hard shell, instead sporting a flexible, rubbery carapace. They are the champions of endurance in the animal kingdom, capable of braving icy waters ...

After we twice sued to compel a response from the National Marine Fisheries Service, in 2012 the agency granted the turtle 40,000 square miles of critical habitat off California, Oregon and Washington ...

Three people have died and at least 32 were hospitalised in the Philippines after eating an endangered sea turtle cooked in stew. Dozens of indigenous Teduray people reported symptoms such as ...