A rescue team in Massachusetts saved a 500-pound sea creature that was tangled in fishing gear. The Center for Coastal Studies (CCS) Marine Animal Entanglement Response (MAER) team was called July 9 ...

Boaters spotted a leatherback turtle in trouble in Cape Cod Bay. A storm was moving in — a team from Provincetown answered ...

Discover why this massive, deep-diving sea turtle that survived the demise of dinosaurs is now struggling to survive the threats of humans.

A leatherback sea turtle got off to an early start on March 9, marking the earliest recorded sea turtle nest on County-managed beaches.

Leatherback sea turtles, or Dermochelys coriacea, are the largest species of turtle in the world, growing up to nearly 6 feet long and weighing 1,100 pounds.

Leatherback sea turtles (Dermochelys coriacea) are renowned ocean voyagers and arguably the most unique of the seven sea turtle species. They inhabit every ocean on Earth other than the Arctic and ...

SAVING THE LEATHERBACK SEA TURTLE As ancient as the dinosaurs, the leatherback sea turtle is something of a dinosaur itself — and the heaviest reptile on the planet. This champion swimmer, whose ...

There are five Florida sea turtle species: Hawksbill, Kemp's ridley, Loggerhead, Leatherback and green. For part of the year, the beach becomes home to sea turtles who are in the nesting process.

Staff from the New England Aquarium in Boston and the Barnstable harbormaster's office responded last Thursday and removed a rope from the shoulder region of the turtle's right front flipper.

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!

An endangered leatherback sea turtle has laid a nest on North Carolina's Ocracoke Island for the first time in more than a decade. The eggs were found late last month.

A leatherback sea turtle got off to an early start on March 9, marking the earliest recorded sea turtle nest on County-managed beaches.