Cape Hatteras National Seashore Biological Science Technician Matt Janson explains to visitors on Ocracoke the process of releasing live sea turtle hatchlings found during a nest excavation.

With the aid of the center's new postdoctoral scientist, Katie Fowler, researchers monitored nest temperatures of leatherback ...

The Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation reported the 2024 sea turtle nesting season started off with an exciting and rare ...

Despite the 2024 hurricanes, conservationists found a leatherback sea turtle nest on Pinellas County beaches - and many of ...

The Atlantic hurricane season runs from June through November. This year also marked the first time a documented leatherback turtle nest was found in Pinellas County. The aquarium's patrol team ...

The Atlantic hurricane season runs from June through November. This year also marked the first time a documented leatherback ...

The Atlantic hurricane season runs from June through November. This year also marked the first time a documented leatherback turtle nest was found in Pinellas County. The aquarium’s patrol team was ...

This Leatherback was tagged by NOAA in Massachusetts in late summer 2023. (Credit: N.E.S.T. (Network for Endangered Sea Turtles) Around noon on Monday, Nov. 4, NEST (Network for Endangered Sea ...

The footage, recorded from a low angle to make the turtle look bigger, showed the animal slowly shuffling along a beach.

Rating: Context: The video authentically showed a leatherback turtle, the largest species in the world. However, it was ...

This includes 12,968 loggerhead, 1,729 green and 254 leatherback turtle nests. All three species are either threatened or vulnerable. This is a 40% drop from last year’s record 25,025 nests ...