Leatherback turtle Riptide stunned researchers after completing a rare 7,000-mile migration from Panama to the North Atlantic ...

For the first time in years, leatherbacks have returned to nest in significant numbers on the Pacific coast of Nicaragua.

A leatherback turtle named Riptide has made a rare 7,000-mile migration from Panama to North Atlantic and back to Florida.

Pilot Martial Ngangnang readies the NOAA Twin Otter on Wednesday for an aerial survey for leatherback turtles. As someone who’s spent decades researching the Western Pacific leatherback turtle, Scott ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. The leatherback sea turtle offers a rare look into ...

Earlier this year, the Western Pacific leatherback (Dermochelys coriacea) left a nesting site in the Solomon Islands and dove 4,409 feet (1,344 meters) beneath the ocean surface, according to the ...

Loggerhead Marinelife Center researchers spotted a large leatherback turtle named Bootes nesting on Juno Beach Thursday night. Weighing in at 1,000 pounds, she is one of the biggest leatherback ...

The Leatherback Sea Turtle is the largest species of turtle on Earth. Told through the eyes of a 12 year-old boy, he has been keeping up with its status and journey in Thailand for 6 years. Learn ...

For eastern Pacific populations of leatherback turtles, the 21st century could be the last. New research suggests that climate change could exacerbate existing threats and nearly wipe out the ...

A leatherback turtle laid a nest on March 9 in New Smyrna Beach. The nest marks the earliest in a year on record that a turtle has laid a nest on a county-managed beach. Turtle nesting season ...

When it comes to leatherback turtles, the world's largest species of sea turtle, there's a conundrum: The species itself is critically endangered, but at least one leatherback population is stable — ...

MANTEO, N.C. — Two Leatherback sea turtle nests were found on Cape Hatteras National Seashore, marking the first time in decades two nests were found on the seashore in one season, according to ...