A significant discovery was made on June 20, 2023, on Ocracoke Island in the Outer Banks of North Carolina. Wildlife officials found a leatherback sea turtle nest, marking the first time in over a ...

A leatherback sea turtle laid 127 eggs on Ko Phra Thong in Phang Nga province, according to the Marine and Coastal Resources Office 6 on Saturday. After receiving information from a local on the ...

MUROTO, Kochi Prefecture--An endangered leatherback sea turtle found dead in a fishing net in local waters here in June had swallowed two plastic bags, an autopsy of its stomach contents showed.

A 1-square-meter plastic sheet was found inside a dead leatherback sea turtle on a beach in Fukui Prefecture, the largest piece of plastic debris reported ingested by the species, researchers said.

Due to being reptiles, many sea turtles can’t strictly regulate their own body temperatures like mammals or birds can. The leatherback sea turtle is the closest in the species to being able to ...

The Nigerian social media space has been buzzing over the last few hours after a video of a massive sea animal was brought ashore by some Ìlàjẹ́ fishermen. According to reports and the interaction ...

including green sea turtles. Here, we explored the electrode placements on the plastron that can be applied to ECG measurement in green turtles. ECG signals were checked using a handheld ECG monitor ...

But most of these 1,200 sea turtles were lucky. The wind and currents had carried their motionless bodies ashore, where, at least, they could be found. Last week’s extraordinary storm that ...

1000m - depth to which Leatherbacks can dive 110 million - years that it is believed Leatherbacks have been on the planet 540kg - potential weight of a typical Leatherback ...

Close up image of a baby sea turtle on a beach. Generated using DALLE-E by Linnea at AATG. The journey begins on the sandy beaches of Florida’s East Coast, from the Canaveral National Seashore to the ...

Per the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, cold-stunning occurs when water temperatures drop below 50 degrees, which is too cold for sea turtles to maintain their body temperature.