Andaman & Nicobar turtles face extinction

The Andaman and Nicobar Islands are the third most significant biodiversity hotspot in India. With a coastline of 1962 kilometres and many …

DTE Impact: Install transponders in all fishing vehicles to save Olive Ridleys in Odisha, says HC

A survey found nearly 800 dead sea turtles on the Odisha coast, DTE reported February 4

Olive Ridley ‘arribada’ at Odisha’s Gahiramatha ends

407,194 turtles laid eggs in the marine sanctuary from 14-21 March, 2020

Travel mystery of a turtle

New test tracks vanishing loggerheads in Florida

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Blast-off

India successfully tests the Agni II missile

Olive Ridley deaths

Mass nesting of Olive Ridleys starts at Gahirmatha

Untimely rains and bad weather delayed the process this year, said Odisha forest officials

World Turtle Day: New venture hopes to put spotlight on India’s freshwater turtles and tortoises

The first edition of the Turtle Spotting Week 2019 is a citizen science initiative by the India Biodiversity Portal

10 Asian Giant Tortoises released into Nagaland protected area for rewilding

The species were born and bred in 2018 at the Nagaland Zoological Park, Dimapur

Olive Ridleys return to lay eggs at Rushikulya after skipping a year

Around 250,000 turtles have come ashore for mass nesting this year, say officials

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Conservation hits Orissa fishers

What is good for Olive Ridley turtles is bad for fishers

In photos: Zoological Survey, Odisha government plan to tag 30,000 Olive Ridley turtles

Tagging the turtles whose decreasing population make them vulnerable will help scientists study them and draft conservation plans

Fisherman shot dead near sacred Odisha sea turtle sanctuary

Marine fisherman gunned down by armed coast guard personnel within Gahirmatha Marine Sanctuary as turtle mating season underway

IN PHOTOS: Climate change can wipe out these species, says IUCN

Climate change is causing physiological, behavioural, ecological and other types of changes that could lead to their eventual extinction

What is killing Chennai’s Olive Ridley turtles?

Small- and large-scale fishers as well as government officials keep shifting blame for the fatalities

Chennai oil spill: planning, assessment and action inadequate

The extent of ecological and economic damange is yet to be known and coordination between the maritime board, the state disaster response …

Turning turtle

Olive Ridley sea turtles have been coming to the Gahirmatha coast in Orissa for thousands of years for mass nesting. But for two consecutive …

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Ridleys in danger

Their young ones may not find food near shore

World Sea Turtle Day 2022: Here are 10 ways in which we can prevent them from becoming bycatch

Collaboration is needed to develop strategies that reduce the risk of sea turtle entanglement in fishing gear, while still maintaining nutrition, …

DTE Impact: New software to keep fishing vessels away from Gahiramatha

The Orissa High Court had ordered the installation of the software to track vessel movements after taking cognizance of a DTE story about Olive …

Turtle turnaround

An initiative driven by fishing communities in Odisha has not only given the endangered Olive Ridley turtles a new lease of life, but has also …