WASHINGTON (AP) -- Federal ocean managers say it might be time to move the East Coast population of the world's largest turtle from the United States' list of endangered animals. An arm of the ...

Florida sea turtle nesting season generally starts about March 1 and ends about Nov. 15, but at least four leatherbacks are ...

The decayed carcass of a rare leatherback sea turtle washes ashore at central coastal Herzliya, with the cause of death thought to be fishing hooks. The incident occurred the same morning as a sperm ...

Florida beachgoers stumbled across a rare sight this month: A leatherback sea turtle was seen nesting in broad daylight on the state's east coast. It happened May 16, and photos were posted to social ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A leatherback sea turtle was spotted on New Smyrna Beach, marking the earliest recorded sea turtle nest on County-managed beaches.

Loggerhead Marinelife Center researchers spotted a large leatherback turtle named Bootes nesting on Juno Beach Thursday night. Weighing in at 1,000 pounds, she is one of the biggest leatherback ...

Leatherback sea turtles are one of the most migratory animals on Earth and are known to pass through Hawaii’s deep sea during their transoceanic migration. This is a picture of a nesting site outside ...

A video purportedly showing an enormous leatherback turtle making its way across a beach to the ocean caught our attention in August 2018: This video has been online since at least May 2018, when it ...

Members of Mote Marine Laboratory's Sea Turtle Conservation & Research Program have documented two rare leatherback sea turtle nests on local beaches—the first since 2001, when the only other ...

Leatherback turtles are nature’s U-boats, 1,500-pound reptiles that can dive to depths of more than half a mile, snatch a jellyfish and stay submerged for more than an hour before resurfacing.

In a matter of four days, crews from the New England Aquarium rescued two Leatherback turtles that each weighed at least 500 pounds. On Sunday, the Aquarium, along with the Mass Audubon Wellfleet Bay ...