Odisha beach sees record mass nesting of 6.41 lakh Olive Ridley sea turtles
Around 6.41 lakh Olive Ridley sea turtles have laid eggs on the Rushikulya sea beach between Podampeta to Bateshwar till ...
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Mass nesting of Olive Ridley turtles begin in Odisha’s Ganjam
Mass nesting of Olive Ridley turtles begun in Odisha’s Rushikulya River’s mouth with over 7 lakh turtles arriving this year—a ...
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Operation Olivia: Safeguarding Odisha's Olive Ridley Sea Turtles
The Indian Coast Guard's 'Operation Olivia' aims to protect Olive Ridley sea turtles during their mass nesting in Odisha. The operation, which involves social awareness drives and restricting human ...
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Maharashtra: Wildlife officials begin tagging olive ridley turtles along Sindhudurg 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 ...
A surge of dead sea turtles in the sand
Hundreds of Olive Ridley turtle carcasses have been found since January 2025 in Tamil Nadu’s Chennai and Chengalpattu districts; conservationists say number of deaths three times than usual during ...
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Why Tamil Nadu’s shores have become a death trap for Olive Ridley turtles
Stray dogs and crows have been making a meal of the endangered species. According to wildlife experts, this is the first time in decades that such mass deaths of Olive Ridley turtles have been ...
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Why are Olive Ridley turtles dying? A crisis of conservation & overfishing
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 ...
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Olive Ridley turtle deaths: Centre seeks report from TN; NGT impleads AP in case
CHENNAI: As the death toll of Olive Ridley turtles continues to rise during the ongoing nesting season this year, the Union government has sought a report from Tamil Nadu, whose coastal waters ...
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Over 1,100 dead olive ridley turtles wash ashore in southern India
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. “I never heard [of ...
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Over 1,000 olive ridley turtles washed ashore dead on Chennai beaches
Chennai: Environmentalists in the southern megapolis are peeved at the alarming death of Olive Ridley Turtles on the Chennai beaches. According to news reports, more than 1,000 turtles have washed ...
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Mass death of olive ridley turtles raises urgent call for action
More than 1,000 olive ridley turtles have washed-up dead, on Chennai’s coast, in the last few weeks. Conservationists attribute the primary cause of the mass turtle deaths to drowning due to ...