the leatherback sea turtle (Dermochelys coriacea). The biggest member of Stupendemys geographicus had a carapace length of almost eight feet and was estimated to have weighed 2,890 pounds.

Earlier this year, the Western Pacific leatherback (Dermochelys coriacea ... Nature Conservancy's local community rangers protect sea turtles and their eggs from poaching and predators.

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico— Conservation groups filed a legal petition today urging the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to revise protected critical habitat for the leatherback sea turtle (Dermochelys ...

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 ...

Once prevalent in every ocean except the Arctic and Antarctic, the leatherback population is rapidly declining in many parts of the world. While all other sea turtles have hard, bony shells ...

On June 19, a nest with 93 eggs was laid on the beach and found in the early morning on a routine turtle patrol on Ocracoke Island. The Leatherback (Dermochelys coriacea) is the largest sea turtle ...

During the summer, leatherback sea turtles (Dermochelys coriacea) swim all along the cool temperate waters of the western and eastern margins of the North Atlantic, foraging for jellyfish.

and the leatherback sea turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) is the result of a collaborative, international effort led by the Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research (Leibniz-IZW) and the ...

has saved a leatherback sea turtle and kept its eggs in Santa Ana, Cagayan. The sea turtle (Dermochelys coriacea), weighing approximately 600 kilograms and the 30 eggs that are expected to hatch by ...

The leatherback sea turtle is the heavyweight of the sea turtle world ... literally. This sea turtle species can grow as long as a small car and weighing over half a ton! Unlike other sea turtles ...