The leatherback sea turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) is the largest living sea turtle in the world — and also one of the most threatened. According to the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, the global ...

MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. — Officials say leatherback sea turtles, which are the world's largest turtles, have appeared in South Carolina waters. The Sun News of Myrtle Beach reported Tuesday that the state ...

Tracking the turtle’s movements could help identify where high-risk fishing areas overlap with the critically endangered ...

Identifying the source of the impressions meant working through a short list. At 83 million years ago, only two groups of ...

The New York Marine Rescue Center in Riverhead is celebrating its largest sea turtle release of the season. Nine rehabilitated turtles were released back to the ocean on Wednesday afternoon. Among ...

BILOXI, Miss. (WLOX) — The Mississippi Aquarium (MSAQ) released 28 cold-stunned Kemp’s Ridley sea turtles into the Gulf of ...

Over the past 17 years, the base has provided treatment and rehabilitation for 252 sea turtles, along with countless other ...