While all other sea turtles have hard, bony shells, the inky-blue carapace of the leatherback is somewhat ... and temperate waters of the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans, as well as the ...

Conservation & Society Vol. 16, No. 4, 2018 Community-based Conservation of Leatherb... The population of Leatherback Sea Turtles (Dermochelys coriacea) in the western Pacific has experienced dramatic ...

The leatherback sea turtle is the heavyweight of the sea turtle world ... literally. This sea turtle species can grow as long as a small car and weighing over half a ton! Unlike other sea turtles ...

Scientists estimate that leatherback sea turtles have declined in abundance off California by 5.6% annually over nearly 30 years. An estimated 50 Pacific leatherbacks now forage in California waters ...

As ancient as the dinosaurs, the leatherback sea turtle is something of a dinosaur itself — and the heaviest reptile ... and plastic pollution — they're particularly imperiled in the Pacific Ocean. In ...

A 1-square-meter plastic sheet was found inside a dead leatherback ... species is the largest sea turtle that migrates in tropical and temperate seas, including the Pacific Ocean, the Atlantic ...

Other sea turtles are faithful to specific ... Either way, the food shortage seems to have made the leatherback population in the eastern Pacific all the more vulnerable to pressure from poachers ...

WWF awards a Mexican scientist for her work on leatherback turtle conservation along Mexico's Pacific coast. Ixtapa, Mexico - WWF awarded a Mexican scientist for twenty years of devotion to ...

In some areas, hunting sea turtles has decreased as awareness and conservation ethics have evolved. Despite significant progress, challenges remain. Pacific leatherback turtles, for example ...

Turtles are ectotherms—their internal temperature varies according to the ambient environment, commonly called cold-blooded. However, because of their high metabolic rate, leatherback sea ...

A recent study has revealed that eating sea turtles can be a recipe for disaster, with at least 420 people killed worldwide ...

Late on a January night in 1993 I found myself on a beach on the Pacific coast of Costa Rica, kneeling in the sand beside a leatherback sea turtle. Like a giant mango with wings, the huge black ...