Tolerant even of the extreme temperatures of the Arctic Circle, leatherbacks can't endure humanity's assault on the world's oceans much longer. The Center has been going to court to defend loggerhead ...

Trap fisheries, like California’s commercial Dungeness crab and New England lobster fisheries, are threatening critically endangered populations of right whales, humpbacks, blue whales and leatherback ...

Threats include habitat loss, bycatch in fishing gear, climate change and plastic pollution. Endangered leatherback turtles are also impacted by the destruction of nesting beaches due to coastal ...

Accidental capture in fishing gear is the top risk they face, but leatherback populations are also threatened by vessel strikes, the harvesting of their eggs, and the degradation of nesting habitats.