(Credit: frantic00/Shutterstock) The largest turtles ever discovered date back to the late Cretaceous, about 74 million years ago. The species Archelon ischyros was a sea turtle that may have ...

Leatherbacks are the largest turtles on ... They can be found in the tropic and temperate waters of the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans, as well as the Mediterranean Sea.

was found washed up on Portmarnock Beach. Leatherback turtles are the largest species of sea turtle and can grow up to 2.9 meters long. Although it's rare for these turtles to be found in Irish ...

The team reported the find to the UK Cetacean Strandings Investigation Programme (CSIP), which records the discovery of sea ... found along the east coast." Leatherback turtles are the largest ...

which has been found in coastal waters from Alaska to Chile. Weighing up to 700 pounds green turtles are among the largest sea turtles in the world. Their proportionally small head, which is ...

It was found washed ... only the Essex turtle was in a good enough state to examine, said Mr Bailey. The leatherback turtle is one of the largest reptiles on earth, and the biggest sea turtle ...

Routinely weighing between 800 and 1,000 pounds, leatherbacks are the largest species of sea turtle in the world ... in honour of where the turtle was found. "He was named 'Hoodie.' ...