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 ...

"The puzzle is why we have such high death numbers this year." Experts sound the alarm after finding thousands of turtles ...

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

Chennai: In January 2025, over 1,100 olive ridley sea turtles washed ashore in Tamil Nadu, primarily near Chennai, likely due ...

The carcasses of over 1,000 Olive Ridleys—the smallest sea turtle species in the world—have washed ... this is the first time in decades that such mass deaths of Olive Ridley turtles have been ...

Mangaluru, Feb 4: The endangered Olive Ridley sea turtles have been spotted along the Mangaluru coastline again this year, where they have laid eggs. The turtles arrived at Sasihithlu Beach on the ...

In a positive turn of events following a series of Olive Ridley sea turtle carcasses washing ashore on the coasts of Chennai and Chengalpattu, several new nests have been found in the past two days.

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 ...