For the first time in years, leatherbacks have returned to nest in significant numbers on the Pacific coast of Nicaragua.

Leatherback turtle Riptide stunned researchers after completing a rare 7,000-mile migration from Panama to the North Atlantic ...

A leatherback turtle named Riptide has made a rare 7,000-mile migration from Panama to North Atlantic and back to Florida.

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 ...

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 ...

OCRACOKE, N.C. — For the first time in 16 years, leatherback sea turtle hatchlings emerged from a nest on Cape Hatteras National Seashore on the Outer Banks. The hatchlings came from a nest on ...

OCRACOKE ISLAND, N.C. (WTVD) -- It's been 11 years since a leatherback sea turtle laid a nest on Ocracoke Island until this week. On Monday, a nest with 93 eggs was laid on the beach. According to ...

Federal regulators are proposing to designate 70,600 square miles of ocean off the West Coast as "critical habitat" for endangered Pacific , a move that would put the United States at the forefront of ...

Every spring, Florida’s shoreline welcomes a swath of seaworthy visitors: female leatherback turtles, crawling ashore to swaddle their eggs in the sand. In past years, this ritual has been imperiled ...