Mike Parry / Leatherback Sea Turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) underwater view of swimming hatchling, Huon Gulf, Papua New Guinea

Mike Parry / Leatherback Sea Turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) hatchling trio entering sea, Huon Gulf, Papua New Guinea

Solvin Zankl / Juvenile leatherback turtle {Dermochelys coriacea} on sand, Virgin Islands, Caribbean

Pete Oxford / Leatherback female returning to sea {Cermochelys coriacea} Grande Riviere, Trinidad

Shane P. White / Leatherback Sea Turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) females on beach at sunrise after egg laying, Trinidad and Tobago, Caribbean

Shane P. White / Leatherback Sea Turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) female on beach at sunrise after egg laying, Trinidad and Tobago, Caribbean

Doug Perrine / Traditional subsistence hunters struggle to subdue a harpooned Pacific leatherback sea turtle, (Dermochelys coriacea) a Critically Endangered species, Kei (or Kai) Islands, Moluccas, eastern Indonesia...

Doug Perrine / Leatherback sea turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) is pulled back to the boat after being harpooned by traditional subsistence hunters, Kei ( or Kai ) Islands, Moluccas, eastern Indonesia, Banda Sea, South...

Doug Perrine / Traditional subsistence hunters tie a line around a harpooned Leatherback sea turtle, (Dermochelys coriacea) Kei / Kai Islands, Moluccas, eastern Indonesia, Banda Sea, Southwest Pacific Ocean

Doug Perrine / Leatherback sea turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) restrained by two harpoon lines bleeds after being clubbed over the head by traditional subsistence hunters; Kei ( or Kai ) Islands, Moluccas, eastern Ind...

Doug Perrine / Pacific leatherback sea turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) critically endangered, with shark bites out of front and rear flippers, Kei or Kai Islands, Moluccas, eastern Indonesia, Banda Sea.

Sean Crane / Leatherback Sea Turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) hatchling stuck in sand, Grande Riviere, Trinidad, Caribbean