For the first time in years, leatherbacks have returned to nest in significant numbers on the Pacific coast of Nicaragua.

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico— Conservation groups filed a legal petition today urging the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to revise protected critical habitat for the leatherback sea turtle (Dermochelys ...

A global survey of 48 sea turtle populations shows recovery in over half the regions studied. Atlantic sea turtle populations are rebounding faster than those in the Pacific. Leatherback turtles ...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico— As a result of a petition filed by conservation groups, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has announced that nesting habitat for leatherback sea turtles (Dermochelys coriacea) ...

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 ...

Researchers have found new feeding grounds for endangered leatherback sea turtles along central parts of the U.S. East Coast. Before this discovery, scientists knew that the turtles migrated between ...

When it comes to leatherback turtles, the world's largest species of sea turtle, there's a conundrum: The species itself is critically endangered, but at least one leatherback population is stable — ...

Introduction to the conservation of Pacific sea turtles / Paul Dalzell, Peter H. Dutton, Kitty M. Simonds, and Dale Squires -- What can be done to restore Pacific turtle populations? : the Bellagio ...

WWF is working with a local community in Costa Rica to stop egg poaching of leatherback turtle nests. Costa Rica. April 2005.- WWF Central America works hard to save the endangered Pacific leatherback ...

Leatherback sea turtles visiting the waters off Cape Cod each year face a higher risk of fatal boat strikes than in any region along the Atlantic or Gulf coasts, according to a new study that includes ...