A remarkable plesiosaur fossil reveals that the extinct reptiles had scales like modern sea turtles, unlike the ichthyosaurs ...

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 ...

The last large populations of the leatherback turtle are at risk because their migratory routes in the Atlantic Ocean clash with the locations of industrial fisheries. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert!

While experts know details about its diet, size, and general habitat, the aquatic reptile’s skin characteristics have ...

Further to the legal implications, Tennant is warning that consuming turtle meat can have dire consequences. He pointed to a ...

Since sea turtles and iguanas are reptiles, they are not able to strictly regulate their body temperature the way that birds and mammals can. The leatherback sea turtle (Dermochelys coriacea ...

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.

The islet of Marathonisi in Laganas Bay, known as "Turtle Island," is included in the Marine Park of Zakynthos ...

Due to being reptiles, many sea turtles can’t strictly regulate their own body temperatures like mammals or birds can. The leatherback sea turtle is the closest in the species to being able to ...

Four species of sea turtles inhabit South Carolina waters from April to November, including loggerhead, Kemp's ridley, leatherback and green sea turtles. All species of sea turtles either are ...