Yet, 70 million years ago, a truly colossal turtle, Archelon, dominated the seas. This magnificent creature, now long extinct, was the largest turtle ever known. It measured 4.6 m (15 ft ...

The largest turtle in the world The leatherback turtle can reach ... Usually, the shells of sea turtles consist of horny scales. However, the shell of the leatherback turtle is composed of small ...

It might sound hyperbolic to say that finding even one female turtle can revive an entire species. However, nothing could be ...

Leatherbacks are the largest turtles on Earth ... population is rapidly declining in many parts of the world. While all other sea turtles have hard, bony shells, the inky-blue carapace of the ...

The islet of Marathonisi in Laganas Bay, known as "Turtle Island," is included in the Marine Park of Zakynthos ...

Green sea turtles congregate near a dock in the Bahamas ... is the site of one of the world’s largest mass-nesting events. Known as an arribada, it typically begins in the dark, as it did ...

A 1-square-meter plastic sheet was found inside a dead leatherback sea turtle on a beach in Fukui Prefecture, the largest piece of plastic debris reported ingested by the species, researchers said.

Tolerant even of the extreme temperatures of the Arctic Circle, leatherbacks can't endure humanity's assault on the world's oceans much longer ... continental U.S. waters and the largest area set ...