Cape Cod has become an unexpected hotspot for a troubling sea turtle trend – and researchers say the evidence is floating ...

With new protections and conservation efforts, sea turtle populations are rebounding worldwide, even as oceans change, says ...

A nearly half-ton leatherback sea turtle carcass washed ashore on Martha's Vineyard on June 16, marking the first sea turtle casualty of the summer and serving as a timely reminder for boaters to be ...

This story is brought to you through our news-gathering partnership with The Outer Banks Voice. In an accident that experts agree is a rare occurrence, a leatherback sea turtle became ensnared in a ...

Loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) are the most common nesting turtle here, although green, Kemp's ridley and leatherbacks have nested here.

An annual report from Florida’s Fish and Wildlife Research Institute is giving experts hope for turtle populations after the ...

In Florida, large mats of sargassum are increasingly washing ashore, creating another obstacle for loggerhead, leatherback ...

Pilot Martial Ngangnang readies the NOAA Twin Otter on Wednesday for an aerial survey for leatherback turtles. As someone who’s spent decades researching the Western Pacific leatherback turtle, Scott ...

OCRACOKE ISLAND, N.C. (WITN/Gray News) – Rare leatherback sea turtles have hatched on Ocracoke Island for the first time in almost two decades, according to officials with the Cape Hatteras National ...

OCRACOKE, N.C. — For the first time in 16 years, leatherback sea turtle hatchlings emerged from a nest on Cape Hatteras National Seashore on the Outer Banks. The hatchlings came from a nest on ...

Loggerhead Marinelife Center researchers spotted a large leatherback turtle named Bootes nesting on Juno Beach Thursday night. Weighing in at 1,000 pounds, she is one of the biggest leatherback ...