Leatherback sea turtle populations are declining in the Pacific Ocean but recovering in the Atlantic Ocean.
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- 5 Winners and Losers on New “Red List” of World's Rarest ... (nationalgeographic.com)
- https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/species/leatherback-turtle (fisheries.noaa.gov)
- https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/46967827/46967830 (iucnredlist.org)
- https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2001525118 (pnas.org)
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