Super rare sea turtle returns to NYC waters after injury in shell yeah moment

It was a shell yeah moment. A very nervous endangered turtle made its grand return to the Coney Island sea as local kids cheered it on — months after the reptile nearly froze to death. Pancake — a ...

First-ever leatherback turtle nesting in Va. discovered in Virginia Beach

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WAVY) — A recent discovery of a leatherback turtle nesting on a beach at Naval Air Station Oceana Dam Neck Annex marked not only something exciting for those who found it, but it ...
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World's largest sea turtle species nests in Virginia for first time in recorded history

The first recorded leatherback sea turtle nest in Virginia history has been discovered at the Naval Air Station Oceana Dam Neck Annex in Virginia Beach.

Leatherback sea turtle lays eggs at NAS Oceana, marking first nesting in Virginia

Leatherbacks are the largest turtles on earth and can grow up to 6 feet long and weigh 2,000 pounds.