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 ...

Leatherback sea turtles start life the same size as other sea turtles. As they age, however, they grow progressively larger. These giants of the reptile world are relics from the Late Triassic and the ...

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 — ...

Wildlife experts are pleading with boaters to slow down after four endangered leatherback sea turtles were killed in recent ...

Sea turtle nesting season along the southeastern U.S. coast has begun with unusual early activity. In North Carolina’s Outer Banks, a rare leatherback made a ‘false crawl,’ while Georgia and South ...

A rare visitor is making waves both in the ocean and along the South Carolina coast. A leatherback sea turtle was spotted in the waters off Folly Beach over the weekend, marking the Lowcountry’s first ...

FOLLY BEACH — Beachgoers have been shell-shocked to see leatherback sea turtles — an endangered species, swimming along the coast of South Carolina. The leatherback is the largest turtle in the world, ...