WE could perhaps learn something from the female leatherback turtle.

This is one of the largest worldwide for the leatherback turtle.

Leatherback turtles can be found primarily in the open ocean.

My daughter was doing a report on leatherback turtles.

Leatherback turtle numbers have dropped 98 per cent since the 1950s.

Leatherback turtles play a big role in traditional Gabonese stories.

It is known for its long sandy beach where leatherback turtles nest.

The leatherback turtle is a species with a cosmopolitan global range.

Leatherback turtles face many predators in their early life.

Perhaps it is a mercy that, unlike the leatherback turtle, humans don't live to be 150.

Leatherback turtles are one of the deepest diving marine animals.

In order to raise awareness for the plight of the endangered leatherback turtle.

They had found six newly hatched leatherback turtles working their way toward the ocean.

Others include the leatherback turtle and the Atlantic salmon.

However, human activity still endangers leatherback turtles in direct and indirect ways.

Marine photographer captures the life cycle of the giant leatherback turtle.

We had come to see leatherback turtles.

In summer, loggerhead and leatherback turtles come out of the sea to nest on the beaches.

Sea turtles breed along the coast, particularly the Leatherback Turtle.

Directly, a small amount of leatherback turtles are caught for their meat by subsistence fisheries.

Endangered leatherback turtles nest on the beaches of Sun Bay.

"Tonight we're here to study the mating cycle of the Pacific Leatherback turtle."

At the start of the 2013 leatherback turtle nesting season in April, police decreased their involvement with conservation efforts.

It is a favourite food of the Leatherback Turtle.

The beach is important for nesting Leatherback turtles.

Quite likely, this leatherback had been born on one of the islands.

This is one of the largest worldwide for the leatherback turtle.

My daughter was doing a report on leatherback turtles.

All species except the leatherback are in the family Cheloniidae.

The leatherback belongs to the family Dermochelyidae and is its only member.

Unfortunately, the leatherback is just one of several sea turtles on the endangered list.

It is known for its long sandy beach where leatherback turtles nest.

Leatherback Turtle numbers have dropped 98% since the 1950s.

The leatherback has several characteristics that distinguish it from other sea turtles.

The leatherback turtle is a species with a cosmopolitan global range.

But the leatherback is superlative in more ways than just turtle-relative size.

That trick and several other factors enable a leatherback to stay underwater for more than an hour.

Perhaps it is a mercy that, unlike the leatherback turtle, humans don't live to be 150.

In order to raise awareness for the plight of the endangered leatherback turtle.

The continental United States offers two major leatherback feeding areas.

With fewer than 5,000 leatherback sea turtles left in the Pacific, their days may be numbered.

They had found six newly hatched leatherback turtles working their way toward the ocean.

Others include the leatherback turtle and the Atlantic salmon.

Endangered Atlantic leatherback sea turtles are seen in the waters near shore.

The Leatherback Trust also recently embarked on an environmental education program at the local and national level.

Reptiles are even present, primarily being represented by the leatherback sea turtle.

However, human activity still endangers leatherback turtles in direct and indirect ways.

The leatherback sea turtle is subject to differing conservation laws in various countries.

Sammy and Ray are supervising the new leatherback hatchlings to sea.

Finally, he discovers the largest turtle, the giant leatherback, also laying eggs.