A recent tragedy occurred in Indian River County, Florida when an elderly man tried to save a turtle. The reptile was slowly ...

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 in Cape Cod Bay was freed from fishing gear last Wednesday by the Center for Coastal Studies’ Marine ...

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

Researchers at Loggerhead Marinelife Center found the earliest leatherhead nest in its monitoring history on February 25.

Leatherback sea turtles roam across the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian oceans on migratory journeys between nesting sites and feeding grounds. In the Pacific, ...

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 ...

Sea turtles are fascinating creatures of the ocean. They’re very famous for their mass egg hatchings on beaches, so it’s easy to overlook something as simple as their diet. Check out this ...

A large leatherback sea turtle was found swimming in the Monterey Bay by local marine wildlife photographer Randy Straka. Skip to content. NOWCAST KSBW Action News 8 at 11 pm Saturday.

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.