MARTIN COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) — A giant leatherback sea turtle got a personal escort back to the open ocean after taking a wrong turn into boat traffic. What could have ended in a heartbreaking accident ...

A Good Samaritan called it in. A giant leatherback sea turtle was struggling in the waters of Cape Cod last Thursday. Scientists and staff from the New England Aquarium Anderson Cabot Center for Ocean ...

Sea turtle season doesn't start until May 1, but a female leatherback crawled onto Vanderbilt Beach and laid a nest, the first historic account of this massive species laying eggs on this beach. "It's ...

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 ...

Leatherback turtles are expected to have another high nesting season, setting a record for the earliest nest recorded in Florida on Feb. 16. While sea turtle population numbers seem to be steadying as ...

Dive into crystal blue water by day and help protect the nesting Leatherback turtles by night. Pair vacation with the deep satisfaction of helping to protect and conserve an endangered species like ...