The unusual animal’s presence in this part of the prehistoric world revealed that giant turtles were ... similar to today’s leatherback sea turtles, which weigh an average of 300 to 500 ...

A Good Samaritan called it in. A giant leatherback sea turtle was struggling in the waters of Cape Cod last Thursday. Scientists and staff from the New England Aquarium Anderson Cabot Center for ...

Despite its massive size, the federally endangered leatherback turtle is a "gentle" giant of the sea. These turtles can be found in the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian oceans and nest in tropical ...