Leatherback turtle

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Leatherback turtle lifespan

Please note: This page has been archived and its content may no longer be up-to-date. This version of the page will remain live for reference purposes as we work to update the content across our website. The leatherback turtle has survived for more than a hundred million years, but is now facing extinction. Recent estimates of numbers show that this species is declining precipitously throughout its range.

Marine turtles fulfill important roles in marine ecosystems As a major jellyfish predator, the leatherback turtle provides natural ecological control of jellyfish populations. Overabundance of jellyfish may reduce fish populations as jellyfish can feed on fish larvae and reduce population growth of commercially important fish. Leatherback turtles are a priority species.

And so we are working to ensure such species can live and thrive in their natural habitats. The biggest ever recorded leatherback turtle was a male stranded on a Welsh beach that measured cm and weighed kg. A leatherback was recorded to have descended to a maximum depth of 1, metres, which represents the deepest dive ever recorded for a reptile.

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