Investigator Chris Sasso with NOAA National Marine Fisheries applies a satellite tag to the rear end of a leatherback sea turtle shell found off Cape Lookout NC. CMAST photo An endangered leatherback ...

For the first time in 11 years, an endangered leatherback sea turtle has laid a nest on North Carolina's Ocracoke Island. A nest with 93 eggs was laid on the beach and found in the early morning on ...

JACKSONVILLE — A 32-million-year-old leatherback sea turtle fossil, discovered by an Alabama family on a fishing trip, has provided groundbreaking insights thanks to research conducted in part by Dr.

Researchers have found new feeding grounds for endangered leatherback sea turtles along central parts of the U.S. East Coast. Before this discovery, scientists knew that the turtles migrated between ...

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 ...

Slow and steady wins the race. It’s a sentiment that has shadowed turtles for years, and perhaps, for good reason. Turtles are slow, but wise. Sea turtles, however, are nothing short of amazing. Sea ...

Sunday, June 8 is World Oceans Day and we’re going to look at California’s state sea reptile as well as other turtles in our waters. One or more of the seven species of sea turtles can be found in ...

MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — A fishing trip in south Alabama led to one of the most remarkable fossil finds in the world. The Coleman family was out fishing north of Mobile in 2021 when they spotted ...

An endangered leatherback sea turtle was killed by a propeller strike along the North Carolina coast, according to the N.C. State University Center for Marine Sciences and Technology. “A leatherback ...