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.

A rescue team in Massachusetts saved a 500-pound sea creature that was tangled in fishing gear. The Center for Coastal ...

This 700-pound leatherback sea turtle carcass was found on a Martha's Vineyard beach on June 16. The female turtle was likely at least older than 15 years, scientists said.

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.

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 diving capabilities are unmatched by ...

Leatherback sea turtles are the giants of the sea turtle world and grow to the size of small car. They rarely nest on Southwest Forida beaches.

Six of the seven species of sea turtles that swim the planet’s waters—leatherback, loggerhead, Kemp’s ridley, green, olive ridley, and hawksbill—are found in every ocean except the Arctic ...

So a few animals retain primitive systems with the sole purpose of measuring ambient light—of which the most unusual is the leatherback sea turtle, one of the world’s largest reptiles.

A leatherback sea turtle is swimming free after finding itself in a twisted situation. "Phinney" was freed by some helpful humans from a tangle of fishing gear in Cape Cod Bay. Now, the six-foot ...

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