The Tamil Nadu Forest Department has decided to establish a new Marine Elite Force to prevent the deaths of Olive Ridley ...

CHENNAI: The Olive Ridley turtle, a species revered ... Fishermen claim hundreds of dead turtles are floating in the deep sea as well, where the ocean is too deep for trawlers to entangle turtles ...

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 ...

The data shared by the Students Sea Turtle Conservation Network (SSTCN), a voluntary group conserving Olive Ridley in Chennai, said the death toll has crossed 346 in January 2025 alone.

Bangladeshi marine rescuers prepare to bury a dead olive ridley sea turtle at a beach in Cox's Bazar on January 29, 2025. Bangladeshi scientists are probing the deaths of more than 80 turtles found ...

Over 100 dead olive ridley sea turtles were discovered along Chennai's coast, the highest number recorded in a single day. The forest department has set up a command-and-control centre at Besant ...

More than 1,000 olive ridley turtles have washed-up dead ... according to the data shared by the Students Sea Turtle Conservation Network (SSTCN), a voluntary group conserving olive ridleys. The ...

Responding to the Forest Department’s directions to civic agencies in the coastal districts of Tamil Nadu to protect the endangered species of Olive Ridley turtles, Chennai Corporation is set to ...

Image Source : X Carcass of a Olive Ridley turtle washed ashore ... Chief Conservator of Forests to exchange information on sea turtle movement/breeding and ensure conducive atmosphere for ...

Olive Ridley turtles have been congregating closer to the shores where there is good catch of shrimp and fish. The trawlers are also chasing catch near the shore as the deep sea has been rough due to ...

Chennai, Jan 27 (PTI) Several hundreds of Olive Ridley turtles have been washed ashore dead along ... meeting to address the issue of the alarming number of deaths of the sea turtles along Chennai's ...