Braamspunt is one of only two major nesting sites, and 90% of the local population nests there. Critical habitat of ...

They’re frequently found in the Pacific Ocean, where Pacific leatherback sea turtles traverse thousands of miles between feeding and nesting sites. From the warm waters of tropical and subtropical ...

Once prevalent in every ocean except the Arctic and Antarctic, the leatherback ... sea turtle, averaging 3,700 miles each way. After mating at sea, females come ashore during the breeding season ...

With 303 turtle nests recorded along the Cape Hatteras National Seashore (CHNS), 2024 is another solid year for nesting ...

Nearly 90,000 sea turtle hatchlings emerged from nests laid on coastal beaches in North Carolina this year. Officials with ...

Blood seeps from a dying leatherback ... then slips them into sea turtle nests. Pheasey has tracked stolen eggs to commercial outlets many miles inland from nesting sites. There has been some ...

"We were actually also able to document our first leatherback ... during nesting season. It helps prevent hatchlings from getting disoriented. "This light is harder for the sea turtles to detect ...

Sandy Point is a beach on the southwestern tip of St. Croix that primarily serves as a nearly 400-acre natural refuge for the leatherback sea turtles ... catch some turtles nesting their eggs ...

At the current rate of decline, the critically endangered Eastern Pacific leatherback ... nest protection and improved incubation conditions. Leatherbacks are the largest of all sea turtles ...