New Scientist

Turtle tagging project is helping protect leatherback migratory routes

Conservationists in Panama's Pearl Islands are fitting leatherback turtles with satellite tags, helping scientists understand ...
Yahoo

Woman astounded after capturing footage of massive ocean creature: 'It was beyond a size that I could actually comprehend'

A British Columbia nurse and her colleague were graced with the presence of a rare sea turtle while fishing from a boat off the coast of Haida Gwaii. As CHEKNews.ca reported, they successfully ...
Reuters

Pacific leatherback turtle faces extinction in 20 years

BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Feb 27 (Reuters) - The giant Pacific leatherback turtle, known for its arduous 6,000-mile (10,000 km) ocean trek from the U.S. West Coast to breeding grounds in Indonesia, could go ...
Live Science

Leatherback turtle dives deeper than a Navy sub, smashing world record in the process

A Western Pacific leatherback migrating from her nesting grounds in the Solomon Islands dove to a whopping 4,409 feet, conservationists say. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...
Santa Rosa Press Democrat

Entangled leatherback sea turtle adds to commercial Dungeness crabbing fleet’s woes and delays season

The recent loss of a critically endangered Pacific leatherback sea turtle found ensnared in derelict crabbing gear near the Farallon Islands has cast a pall over the troubled commercial fishing fleet ...
Reuters

Thailand frees endangered turtles with trackers to boost conservation hopes

PHUKET, Thailand, May 16 (Reuters) - Off the shore of Thailand's resort island of Phuket, marine conservationists have released 11 baby leatherback sea turtles into the Indian Ocean, hoping they can ...