It survives on a diet that ... the turtles devour jellyfish after jellyfish, quickly reducing each billowing creature to a cloud of debris. In three hours, one leatherback ate 69 jellyfish ...
Once prevalent in every ocean except the Arctic and Antarctic, the leatherback population is rapidly declining in many parts of the world. While all other sea turtles have hard, bony shells ...
Scientists examined green turtles after previous research showed leatherback turtles ate plastic that looked like jellyfish. Dr Emily Duncan from the university said: "Sea turtles are primarily ...
Leatherbacks are long-distance seasonal migrants to Irish waters, and migrate to temperate waters for feeding and then return ...
The leatherback sea turtle is the heavyweight of the sea turtle ... The leatherbacks' backward-pointing throat spines help them grip slippery jellyfish, preventing their prey from escaping. This ...
Take a deep dive into the life of sea turtles, exploring their diet, habitat ... These species include: Green Hawksbill ...
Ms Ogunye explains that a sea turtle's diet consists of jellyfish, seaweed and sea grass. "Jellyfish are toxic. If [we] have [too] much jellyfish in the ocean, we're going to have a reduced amount ...