Leatherbacks are the largest turtles ... rest of their lives at sea. Many leatherbacks meet an early end due to human activity. It is estimated that only about one in a thousand leatherback ...

Their unique shell structure ... such as Pacific leatherback sea turtles, listed as critically endangered. Threats include habitat loss, bycatch in fishing gear, climate change and plastic pollution.

Turtles are ectotherms—their internal temperature varies according to the ambient environment, commonly called cold-blooded. However, because of their high metabolic rate, leatherback sea ...

Green sea turtles congregate ... and “nesting habitat for turtles is continually shrinking,” Pilcher says. After harpooners land a leatherback in Indonesia’s Kei Islands, villagers gather ...

WWF is working with a local community in Costa Rica to stop egg poaching of leatherback turtle nests ... aim is that the community values the turtles more alive than dead and that it benefits from its ...

This study provides an overview of the scientific and traditional knowledge that the Zaira community has used to underpin their community-based management regime of Leatherback Sea Turtles. The ...

A giant leatherback sea turtle was struggling ... Leatherbacks are the largest sea turtle species in the world but their global population has declined by 40 percent. Accidental capture or bycatch ...

MUROTO, Kochi Prefecture--An endangered leatherback sea turtle found dead in a fishing net in local waters here in June had swallowed two plastic bags, an autopsy of its stomach contents showed.

As ancient as the dinosaurs, the leatherback sea turtle is something of a dinosaur itself ... U.S. waters and the largest area set aside to protect sea turtle habitat in the United States or its ...