leatherback sea turtle

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

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

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

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

The leatherback sea turtle is the largest of all living sea turtles.

They are the leatherback sea turtle and the green sea turtle.

Several of these are hovering on the brink of extinction, particularly the leatherback sea turtle.

The leatherback sea turtle is a critically endangered turtle species on both a national and international level.

Leatherback sea turtles dine only on jellyfish, or what they think are jellyfish.

It was a marine turtle, whose closest living relative in the present day is the leatherback sea turtle.

They provide protection for the birds and the Leatherback Sea Turtles that hatch there.

Elephant seals, sea lions and leatherback sea turtles wear these tags.

For example, the leatherback sea turtle and the soft-shelled turtles have shells covered with leathery skin instead.

Money from the federation has helped the Network create the largest overall collection of leatherback sea turtle data in Canada.

Leatherback Sea Turtles also inhabit sanctuary waters.

The goal was simple: to involve local residents in the monitoring and protection of critically endangered nesting leatherback sea turtles.

One of the main predators of cannonball jellyfish is the endangered species leatherback sea turtle.

The shells of leatherback sea turtles are extremely light because they lack scutes and contain many fontanelles.

The Octonauts race against time to rescue Tweak's pal, a leatherback sea turtle.

Two of these species, the Hawksbill turtle and the leatherback sea turtle, are critically endangered.

The Leatherback sea turtle feeds almost exclusively on them in large quantities during the summer season around Eastern Canada.

Also, the leatherback sea turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) is threatened.

However, because of their high metabolic rate, leatherback sea turtles have a body temperature that is noticeably higher than that of the surrounding water.

The most dangerous threat affecting Leatherback Sea Turtles are forgotten fishing gear, or "ghost nets".

It is reported that these sites have the world's largest number of leatherback sea turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) colonies.