Once prevalent in every ocean except the Arctic and Antarctic, the leatherback population is rapidly declining in many parts of the world. While all other sea turtles have hard, bony shells ...

According to NOAA, cold-stunning is a condition where sea turtles become very weak or inactive after being exposed to cold ...

The leatherback also propels itself with an efficiency no other sea turtle can match. All sea turtles can fly through the water by flapping their flippers vertically, generating thrust on both the ...

The leatherback sea turtle is the heavyweight of the sea turtle ... which helps them glide effortlessly through the water. Their unique shell structure also allows them to withstand the crushing ...

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.

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.

Its flippers lack claws and are the largest, in proportion to body size, of any sea turtle. As the largest living turtle species, the leatherback reaches up to 10 feet in length and weighs an average ...

Their soft and flexible shell, which can both contract and expand under strong water pressure, helps them do this. However, ...

However, because of their high metabolic rate, leatherback sea turtles have a body temperature that is noticeably higher than that of the surrounding water. Turtles are classified as amniotes ...

(water splashes ... CALLIE: I remember being fascinated and wondering what these leatherback turtles were doing in the Gulf of Panama. Were they foraging? Are there nesting sites there?

WASHINGTON— A new review of leatherback sea turtle science concludes that seven distinct populations of leatherback sea turtles face a high extinction risk. The National Marine Fisheries Service and U ...