VISAKHAPATNAM: Despite mass strandings of Olive Ridley turtles along the Andhra Pradesh coast in January, nesting activity ...

In Odisha's Ganjam district, over 11,000 Olive Ridley sea turtles began mass nesting near the Rushikulya river mouth. Officials expect a record number of turtles to lay eggs. Protection measures ...

These turtles were identified as olive ridley turtles, an endangered species that once claimed the largest population of sea turtles on Earth. Why are these creatures washing up? Olive ridley ...

CHENNAI: The Olive Ridley turtle, a species revered for its unique mass nesting phenomenon known as arribada, is facing a grave threat along India’s east coast. Despite being protected under ...

More than 1,100 dead olive ridley turtles have washed ashore on the beaches of Tamil Nadu state in southern India this month. Most were found near the state capital, Chennai.

Over the past few days, thousands of Olive Ridley turtles, a protected species, have been getting washed ashore dead along Chennai’s coastline, causing concerns among the environmentalists and ...

CHENNAI: In the meeting of a special task force constituted to address the alarming deaths of Olive Ridley turtles during this nesting season on Monday, the State government made it clear to all ...

(MENAFN- IANS) Chennai, Feb 15 (IANS) The Tamil Nadu Forest Department has decided to establish a new Marine Elite Force to prevent the deaths of Olive Ridley turtles, a vulnerable species.

A high-level review meeting chaired by the Chief Secretary was held on Tuesday (January 21, 2025) to address the alarming number of deaths of olive Ridley turtles along the Chennai coast.

After tagging olive ridley turtles with flipper tags on the beaches of Ratnagiri, the Wildlife Institute of India (WII) has accelerated efforts to do the same in Sindhudurg, Konkan. A WII research ...