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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

(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.

Several hundreds of Olive Ridley turtles have been washed ashore dead along Chennai's coastline for the past few days, causing concern to environmentalists. The carcasses of at least 60 turtles were ...

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 ...

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