This scene of the Leatherback sea turtle laying eggs in the sands of Satellite Beach was seen at 6:30 p.m. on the evening of April 7.

On January 15, a disturbing video surfaced on social media showing a leatherback sea turtle being dragged from the trunk of a ...

As ancient as the dinosaurs, the leatherback sea turtle is something of a dinosaur itself — and the heaviest reptile on the planet. This champion swimmer, whose diving capabilities are unmatched by ...

What a turtle can eat is determined by what kind of jaw it has they have, where it lives and what food is available, according to Live Science. Leatherback sea turtles enjoy a gelatinous diet of ...

So a few animals retain primitive systems with the sole purpose of measuring ambient light—of which the most unusual is the leatherback sea turtle, one of the world’s largest reptiles.

Interactions between sea-level rise and wave exposure on reef island dynamics ... Crying a river: how much salt-laden jelly can a leatherback turtle really eat? The Journal of Experimental Biology 220 ...

and turtles of age 7 to 10 mostly eat animal-sourced products. According to WebMD, the leatherback sea turtles feed on jellyfish and sea squirts and the red-eared turtles mostly feed on worms ...

Blood seeps from a dying leatherback harpooned ... and sea management program cover sea turtle nests with cages to protect them from feral pigs, which eat turtle eggs and hatchlings.

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 ...

Whether you’re a lover of all sea animals or prefer them as weapon-wielding, pizza-eating ninjas ... and the largest is the leatherback sea turtle. It can grow up to 900kg.