HALIFAX — The endangered leatherback sea turtle is an elusive creature of the deep. Last week, however, scientists were stunned when one of these rare, huge reptiles turned up dead in an unlikely place: at the edge of a frozen Cape Breton lake. There have been previous eyewitness accounts of leatherbacks in the lake, which is more like an inland sea. The leatherback is the only sea turtle that lacks a hard shell. Researchers in Nova Scotia are leaders in the study of the sea turtles, having started a pioneering satellite-tracking program in 1997.

Source: National Post February 15, 2018 18:22 UTC