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 ...

Bleakney recognized it as a leatherback ... Eckert of the Wider Caribbean Sea Turtle Conservation Network at Duke University. Now, in some parts of its range, it is at the end of the line.

The leatherback sea ... range of climates. This adaptation allows leatherbacks to forage in nutrient-rich waters far from their tropical nesting beaches. The life cycle of a leatherback turtle ...

As ancient as the dinosaurs, the leatherback sea turtle is something of a dinosaur itself — and ... While leatherbacks are threatened throughout their range — including from sea-level rise, ocean ...