Local scientists examine how noise from ocean-based energy projects – like wind farm construction – could affect protected ...

Investigator Chris Sasso with NOAA National Marine Fisheries applies a satellite tag to the rear end of a leatherback sea turtle shell found off Cape Lookout NC. CMAST photo An endangered leatherback ...

The ocean is home to an extreme variety of species and animals. This diversity results in amazing adaptations and appearances ...

Tracking the turtle’s movements could help identify where high-risk fishing areas overlap with the critically endangered ...

At first, the day looks like a classic fossil beach hunt: rough waves, shell layers, cliff falls, and the hope of finding a shark tooth. Then a small fragment changes everything. They identify it as ...

For years, the Coleman family's fishing trips on the Alabama Gulf Coast were routine. But in 2021, their outing near a riverbank led to an odd find: the shell of a 32-million-year-old leatherback sea ...

HOLDEN BEACH, NC (WWAY) — It’s been about 40 years since someone spotted a leatherback turtle in Holden Beach. Last night, Holden Beach visitors witnessed 54 baby leatherbacks hatch and make their ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. JACKSONVILLE — A 32-million-year-old leatherback sea turtle fossil, discovered by an Alabama family on a fishing trip, has ...

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 ...