Dr. Eckert feels like she will likely head north to Canada and arrive there in July or August, then leave in late October or November for Africa in a pattern he has recorded from leatherbacks originating from beaches in the southern Caribbean. The prospects are exciting for Eckert. All of her known nests, beginning in 1994, were located within the Brevard County portion of the Carr Refuge. Leatherbacks are the world's largest reptiles. Leatherbacks are the most endangered species of marine turtle.
Leatherbacks eat only jellyfish.
Leatherbacks have the widest migration range of any reptile, but live primarily in cool northern or southern waters. Most important feeding areas in the Atlantic for leatherbacks are the N. Atlantic between 40 - 55 degrees North and off the coast of Africa between the Canary and Cape Verde Islands.