"We were really excited to find evidence that the Mid-Atlantic Bight serves as a major foraging ground for leatherbacks ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif.— The California Fish and Game Commission voted today to protect leatherback sea turtles as endangered under the state’s Endangered Species Act. The commission acted on the ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif.— The California Department of Fish and Wildlife released its recommendation today to protect leatherback sea turtles as endangered under the state’s Endangered Species Act. The ...

In one tub a green sea turtle struggles with internal organ damage. One floor up, sick, critically endangered hawksbills fill aquariums. Blood seeps from a dying leatherback harpooned by an ...

such as Pacific leatherback sea turtles, listed as critically endangered. Threats include habitat loss, bycatch in fishing gear, climate change and plastic pollution. Endangered leatherback ...

Of the many species alive today, some are highly endangered. Turtles are ectotherms ... However, because of their high metabolic rate, leatherback sea turtles have a body temperature that ...

Three endangered green sea turtles (Chelonia ... their body temperature the way that birds and mammals can. The leatherback sea turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) does have a few physiological ...

studies early life behavior of the world’s two most endangered species of sea turtles – the Kemp’s Ridley and the Western Pacific Leatherback. She aims to help sea turtle conservation programs improve ...

A 1-square-meter plastic sheet was found inside a dead leatherback sea turtle on a beach in Fukui Prefecture, the largest piece of plastic debris reported ingested by the species, researchers said.

The islet of Marathonisi in Laganas Bay, known as "Turtle Island," is included in the Marine Park of Zakynthos ...

All five species of sea turtles found in the Philippine archipelago – Green, Hawksbill, Loggerhead, Leatherback, and Olive Ridley – are endangered. Slaughtered for their eggs, meat and shells ...