As a result of a petition filed by conservation groups, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has announced that nesting habitat ...

The leatherback sea turtle has been the subject of intense interest from conservation groups over the years. It's listing as endangered by the U.S. predates the modern Endangered Species Act that ...

There’s a new endangered species on the list, leatherback sea turtles. On Thursday, the Fish and Game Commission voted to add the turtles under the state’s Endangered Species Act.

Pacific leatherback sea turtles are highly endangered and listed under the federal Endangered Species Act, with scientists predicting their extinction in 20 years. In 2016 the National Marine ...

The highly endangered leatherback sea turtles migrate across the entire Pacific Ocean, over 6,500 miles each way, to feed on abundant jellyfish along the coast.

Adult leatherback sea turtles weigh an average of 1,000 pounds (453 kilograms). Scientists say these sea turtles have declined by about 5.6% in California each year for the past three decades.

The leatherback sea turtle has been the subject of intense interest from conservation groups over the years. It's listing as endangered by the U.S. predates the modern Endangered Species Act that ...

The tiny carcasses were discovered during a routine beach survey by the Beaches Sea Turtle Patrol in Atlantic Beach, just ...

Leatherback sea turtle hatchling: Florida Fish and Wildlife via Flickr A new paper in PLoS ONE reports that critically endangered leatherback sea turtles nesting in Costa Rica—a stronghold of ...

Adult leatherback sea turtles weigh an average of 1,000 pounds. Scientists say these turtles have declined by about 5.6% in California each year for the last three decades.

A rare endangered leatherback sea turtle was spotted off the Golden Gate this past weekend, an apparent early and rare arrival to the area. “It’s definitely early,” said Todd Steiner, who ...

In 2015, the aquarium’s Sea Turtle Hospital admitted its first live leatherback sea turtle. The animal, named Yawkey, was found stranded near Georgetown.