Her average speed has been about 1.16 mph, but has picked up to just over 2 mph off the Outer Banks, the conservancy says.

OCRACOKE ISLAND, N.C. (WITN/Gray News) – Rare leatherback sea turtles have hatched on Ocracoke Island for the first time in almost two decades, according to officials with the Cape Hatteras National ...

This story is brought to you through our news-gathering partnership with The Outer Banks Voice. After 70 days of incubation, 19 hatchlings started their journey to the ocean from the first Leatherback ...

What Do Sea Turtles Eat? Sea turtle diets vary widely based on the species. The typical sea turtle that comes to mind is the green sea turtle. Green sea turtles eat mostly algae and seagrasses, which ...

This story is brought to you through our news-gathering partnership with The Outer Banks Voice. In an accident that experts agree is a rare occurrence, a leatherback sea turtle became ensnared in a ...

Veronica Baruffati walks the stretch of sand in the southern end Palm Beach every day, from her part-time Florida home north past Sloan’s Curve and back again. What she saw while walking that beach on ...

Among the rarest of sights off North Carolina's Outer Banks is a leatherback sea turtle, and a tracking device attached to ...