Sunday, June 8 is World Oceans Day and we’re going to look at California’s state sea reptile as well as other turtles in our waters.

For a species like the leatherback turtle, these migrations can take them as far as 3,700 miles between breeding and feeding locations. What’s more, one female leatherback turtle holds the record.

Turtle travels Sunday, June 8 is World Oceans Day and we’re going to look at California’s state sea reptile as well as other turtles in our waters. One or more of the seven species of sea ...

Turtles in our waters The Pacific leatherback sea turtle became the state marine reptile in 2012. It is the largest turtle and one of the largest living reptiles.

Leatherback nesting in Malaysia has essentially disappeared, declining from about 10,000 nests in 1953 to less than one or two nests per year since 2003. Sea turtle conservation ...

Never take a wild turtle home with you. Turtle species native to Delaware are prohibited from being owned as pets, according ...

Both leatherback sea turtles and the soft corrals’ presence near our shores coincides with our warming seas, Lotte Brundle ...