Someone stole the head of a leatherback sea turtle that washed up on the shore at Cedar Beach before researchers got there Thursday morning. Greg Watkins-Colwell, collection manager at the Yale ...

As reported earlier in the Ocracoke Observer, Cape Hatteras National Seashore confirmed that on the morning of May 12, a leatherback sea turtle nested on Ocracoke Island—the first sea turtle nest ...

Two leatherback turtle nests were found on Cape Hatteras National Seashore in one season for the first time in over 20 years, the North Carolina park said. Photo from J. Walker via the National Park ...

Florida’s sea turtle nesting season is already off to an impressive start, and researchers say it could be a big year.

Tuesday, June 20 was a happy day on North Carolina’s Outer Banks for conservationists and animal-lovers. A routine check on Ocracoke Island revealed a leatherback sea turtle nest filled with more than ...

Leatherback sea turtles start life the same size as other sea turtles. As they age, however, they grow progressively larger. These giants of the reptile world are relics from the Late Triassic and the ...

A rarely-seen leatherback sea turtle washed up dead on the northern Outer Banks last week. It’s unclear what killed the turtle, which NOAA researchers tagged with a tracking device last summer in ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. The leatherback sea turtle offers a rare look into ...

Wildlife experts are pleading with boaters to slow down after four endangered leatherback sea turtles were killed in recent boat strikes.

Leatherback Turtles Are the Largest Sea Turtles There are seven species of sea turtles found in oceans around the world. Of the seven, the leatherback is the largest. Leatherback sea turtles are ...