Kendrapara: Despite a fishing ban, turtles continue to die intermittently at Gahirmatha Marine Sanctuary (GMS), world’s ...

Experts suggest that both natural and anthropogenic factors are influencing these changes. Coastal erosion exacerbated by high tides has led to a reduction in suitable nesting grounds. Climate change ...

Ahead of the annual mass nesting of Olive Ridley turtles at the Gahirmatha marine sanctuary in Odisha’s Kendrapara district, forest officials on Monday arrested at least 10 fishermen on charges of ...

Around 6.41 lakh Olive Ridley sea turtles have laid eggs on the Rushikulya sea beach between Podampeta to Bateshwar till ...

Kendrapada: Forest officials arrested eight marine fishermen and seized their fishing vessel with five quintals of fish on ...

The forest officials on Monday arrested ten marine fishermen and seized their sea-worthy fishing trawls from the seawater of ...

Discover why Olive Ridley turtles flock to Odisha's Gahirmatha and Rushikulya beaches for mass nesting (arribada). Learn ...

Gahirmatha Beach is the largest rookery of sea turtles in the world. Every year from Nov 1 to May 31, fishing is banned in the area to save the endangered marine species. "We have already seized ...

A female Olive Ridley usually lays about 120 to 150 eggs from which hatchlings emerge after about 45 to 50 days.

Bhubaneswar: The Rushikulya river mouth in Odisha’s Ganjam district witnessed an extraordinary natural phenomenon as record ...

The Olive Ridley turtles travel across the South Pacific to breed on the coast of Gahirmatha. About 0.2 to 0.7 million Olive Ridley turtles visit the beach during mass nesting every year.

The Olive Ridley turtles travel across the South Pacific to breed on the coast of Gahirmatha. About 0.2 to 0.7 million Olive Ridley turtles visit the beach during mass nesting every year.