#leatherbacks — Public Fediverse posts

📰 Leatherbacks Return After Nearly a Decade

🌎 Panama: Critically endangered leatherback sea turtles have returned to nest on the Pacific coast here for the first time since 2017, a conservation milestone.

🐢 Community groups and the Environment Ministry relocated 178 eggs to a protected hatchery to boost survival. Hatchlings expected in September/October! 🐢🐢🐢🐢🐢

🔗 https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2026/08/24/latam-pamama-leatherback-sea-turtles-return/1771787592168/

#TurtleTuesday #SeaTurtles #Leatherbacks #Panama #MarineConservation #Biodiversity #Conservation

Scientists track world's largest #turtles to previously unknown foraging locations
https://phys.org/news/2024-02-scientists-track-world-largest-turtles.html

Where the #leatherbacks roam: movement behavior analyses reveal novel foraging locations along the Northwest Atlantic shelf https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2024.1325139/full

"Leatherback #SeaTurtles, the largest of all living turtles, undertake extensive migrations that can span multiple years. They travel from subtropical and tropical nesting locations to temperate foraging areas."