Vulnerabilities remain, however. While sea turtles in the Atlantic Ocean are more likely to be bouncing back than turtles in Pacific waters, leatherback turtles, considered at risk of extinction, and ...

This unique beak means that leatherback sea turtles can eat up to 16,000 calories in jellyfish a day! Evolving to eat jellyfish has resulted in unique biology that allows them to withstand ...

Haverfield said it took eight people to move that turtles, which is about one-third the size off a grown adult. "We know that they're out there," Haverfield said of the leatherbacks. "In 2009 on ...

Leatherback Turtle. Image by Adolfo Felix via Unsplash. Cities across the U.S. are implementing creative solutions to address the challenges faced by native turtle species. Community-driven ...

This giant leatherback sea turtle tangled in crab buoys was saved from tiger sharks as they closed in on it. Thankfully, three men cut the ropes around its neck and set it free to escape from the ...

He pointed to a December 2, 2024 report in which three people died and at least 32 were hospitalised in the Philippines after eating an endangered sea turtle cooked in stew.

While there is only one species of leatherback turtle (Dermochelys coriacea), populations are often categorized by their oceanic regions. Pacific leatherback sea turtles, for example, are renowned for ...

Compared with the people in the background, the turtle looked massive — perhaps explaining the 1.2 million views the video had amassed as of this writing.

In early June 2024, Donna Shello, an adult female leatherback turtle, was hanging out on a sandy beach along the Caribbean coast of Panama. After laying about 80 eggs, and with a satellite ...

Shillinger said the next step is to reach out to governments and fisheries and talk about restricting access seasonally, as the turtles move southwest through the Pacific to the South Pacific Gyre.