Leatherback Turtles Are the Largest Sea Turtles There are seven species of sea turtles found in oceans around the world. Of the seven, the leatherback is the largest. Leatherback sea turtles are ...

For the first time in years, leatherbacks have returned to nest in significant numbers on the Pacific coast of Nicaragua. These gargantuan sea turtles look like behemoths from a bygone age, which ...

The Outer Banks just had its best leatherback year on record – four nests of the giant endangered turtle, topping the whole previous decade. The post Giant Endangered Sea Turtles Smash Nesting Record ...

Introduction: Phylogeny and evolutionary biology of the leatherback turtle / Peter C.H. Pritchard -- Phylogeny, phylogeography, and populations of the leatherback turtle / Peter H. Dutton and Kartik ...

From March through July, leatherback turtles are expected to arrive at Tortuguero and Gandoca-Manzanillo. These magnificent creatures, the largest of all sea turtles, can grow up to two meters in ...