A leatherback sea turtle was spotted on New Smyrna Beach ... which can take up to 70 days. With water temperatures expected to warm up quickly in the next couple of months, hundreds of sea ...

Reptiles have existed for millions of years, demonstrating remarkable resilience and adaptations. The seven largest reptiles ...

A leatherback turtle laid a nest on March 9 in New Smryna Beach, marking the earliest turtle nest of any recorded year on a county-managed beach.

This story appears in the May 2009 issue of National Geographic magazine. One late summer day in 1961 a biologist named Sherman Bleakney got a telephone call about a strange sea creature that ...

As the largest living turtle species, the leatherback reaches up to 10 feet in length and weighs an average of 500 to 1,500 pounds. HABITAT: Leatherbacks are deep-water turtles but also forage in ...

It's mostly good news for sea turtle populations, but experts say more needs to be done to keep the numbers of sea turtles ...

However, because of their high metabolic rate, leatherback sea turtles have a body temperature that is noticeably higher than that of the surrounding water. Turtles are classified as amniotes ...

Experts from the United States, Australia and Aotearoa are taking flight from Whakatāne to learn more about critically ...

Leatherback Lays Early Nest in New Smyrna Beach Marking the earliest recorded sea turtle nest on County-managed beaches. (Jackie Frymire/New Smyrna Beach Turtle Trackers) With water temperatures ...

A leatherback sea turtle was spotted on New Smyrna Beach ... Marking the earliest recorded sea turtle nest on County-managed beaches. With water temperatures expected to warm up quickly in ...