Animals Charter crew rescues Leatherback sea turtle Leatherback sea turtles are the largest turtles on the planet. They can grow to be about 6 feet long and weigh close to a ton.

An environmental officer and a member of a marine research group saved a leatherback turtle whose neck had become tightly entangled with fishing gear.The Massachusetts Environmental Police say one ...

The Center for Coastal Studies disentangled a large leatherback sea turtle off Sandy Neck Monday, July 7. This is the first confirmed sea turtle entanglement in Cape Cod Bay in 2014, and the fifth ...

The turtle was found Friday near Clearwater Pass, with the rope of a crab trap looped around its neck. It was believed to be between 400-500 pounds.

These off-duty Jacksonville officers went above and beyond the call of duty as they freed an endangered 9-foot leatherback sea turtle tangled in a crab trap. "The trap's rope was looped around the ...

Turtle freedom! Heartwarming moment divers rescue endangered leatherback trapped in fishing nets Rohan Burger, 23, recorded the moment he rushed to save the struggling turtle ...

The carcass of a critically endangered Pacific leatherback sea turtle was found floating in the Greater Farallones National Marine Sanctuary during a whale-watching cruise Saturday morning.

Two fishermen off the coast of Sea Isle City, New Jersey, took an unexpected detour Monday morning to free an entangled leatherback sea turtle from a commercial fishing buoy. Michael Betsch and ...

OFF CAPE COD, Mass. (WPRI) — Environmental police off the coast of Cape Cod found a leatherback turtle in a precarious situation over the weekend. Environmental officers patrolling Wellfleet ...

The crews removed lobster lines from the its neck and front right flipper. Recreational boaters called for help after spotting the turtle in distress about 2 miles off Marathon in the Middle Keys.