Bootes has been nesting on Juno Beach for 23 years. Loggerhead Marinelife Center A "local legend" returned to Juno Beach, Florida, to help kick off sea turtle nesting season last week. Researchers ...

Loggerhead Marinelife Center researchers spotted a large leatherback turtle named Bootes nesting on Juno Beach Thursday night. Weighing in at 1,000 pounds, she is one of the biggest leatherback ...

Among the rarest of sights off the Outer Banks is a leatherback sea turtle, and a tracking device attached to one is giving researchers a stunning map of how far they swim to get here. The massive ...

ISLE OF PALMS, S.C. – A rare 475-pound endangered leatherback sea turtle found stranded on a South Carolina beach was released into the ocean on Thursday following five days of treatment at the South ...

Researchers have found new feeding grounds for endangered leatherback sea turtles along central parts of the U.S. East Coast. Before this discovery, scientists knew that the turtles migrated between ...

Slow and steady wins the race. It’s a sentiment that has shadowed turtles for years, and perhaps, for good reason. Turtles are slow, but wise. Sea turtles, however, are nothing short of amazing. Sea ...

Two leatherback turtle nests were found on Cape Hatteras National Seashore in one season for the first time in over 20 years, the North Carolina park said. Photo from J. Walker via the National Park ...

A rarely-seen leatherback sea turtle washed up dead on the northern Outer Banks last week. It’s unclear what killed the turtle, which NOAA researchers tagged with a tracking device last summer in ...

Sunday, June 8 is World Oceans Day and we’re going to look at California’s state sea reptile as well as other turtles in our waters. One or more of the seven species of sea turtles can be found in ...

A leatherback sea turtle made a rare appearance at North Carolina’s Cape Lookout National Seashore, the National Park Service reports. National Park Service photo A lumbering sea creature that can ...

BARNSTABLE, Mass. (WWLP) – A leatherback sea turtle was rescued after being found entangled in fishing gear. Scientists from the New England Aquarium’s Animal Health team and Sea Turtle Rescue and ...