Once prevalent in every ocean except the Arctic and Antarctic, the leatherback population is rapidly declining in many parts of the world. While all other sea turtles have hard, bony shells ...

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

Leatherback Sea Turtle (Dermochelys coriacea). Credit Scott R. Benson, NOAA, Southwest Fisheries Science Center. Image is available for media use. The Center for Biological Diversity is a national, ...

Leatherback turtles undertake an enormous migration from the temperate feeding waters to the tropical breeding waters, a journey of over 7,000km. These turtles are increasingly spending time ...

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 ...

Leatherback Sea Turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) | Size: 8 feet (2.4 meters) long | Weight: over 2,000 pounds (900 kg) | Habitat: Everywhere in the world, in oceans, temperate to tropical sea water ...