“When the Sound water drops below 50 these turtles start ... temperature the way that birds and mammals can. The leatherback sea turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) does have a few physiological ...

The world's largest turtle species, which are known as leatherback turtles, occasionally visits British Water. Their ...

“For whatever reason they stay in the Sound water, some of them ... body temperatures like mammals or birds can. The leatherback sea turtle is the closest in the species to being able to ...

Anemic hauls of Dungeness crab early in the season are the latest setback for California's commercial crab industry, which ...

A remarkable plesiosaur fossil reveals that the extinct reptiles had scales like modern sea turtles, unlike the ichthyosaurs ...

While experts know details about its diet, size, and general habitat, the aquatic reptile’s skin characteristics have ...

Regulations, whale safety concerns and fickle prey are putting more pressure on the industry. “We’re working very hard to ...

Leatherback hatchlings dig their way out ... “We need to understand a lot more about what’s happening in the water, where sea turtles spend 99 percent of their lives,” says Nicolas Pilcher ...

At Santa Fe Christian Middle School, a group of passionate students aren’t just talking about making a difference—they are ...

This incredible feat of navigation remains largely mysterious, though it is believed that leatherbacks rely on a combination of magnetic fields, water temperature, and other environmental cues to ...