Over the past two weeks, numerous dead olive ridley turtles have washed ashore in Tamil Nadu, particularly in Chennai. Experts have estimated that so far, between 300 and 350 turtles have been found ...

Dead sea turtles keep washing ashore on India’s east coast and environmentalists and authorities are trying frantically to ...

Maharashtra's coastline, spanning six districts, is identified as a key nesting ground for olive ridley sea turtles. A study shows over 2,500 nests recorded this year, highlighting the state's ...

A high-level review meeting chaired by the Chief Secretary was held on Tuesday (January 21, 2025) to address the alarming number of deaths of olive ridley sea turtles along the Chennai coast.

Konark: Giving two hoots to the fishing ban imposed by the government for the nesting season of Olive Ridley sea turtles, illegal fishing trawlers are active near Chandrabhaga beach, proving fatal to ...

Ganjam: The Rushikulya Estuary in Ganjam district, which has carved a niche for itself in the world tourism map, owing to its coastal ecosystem, is currently witnessing the mating of rare Olive Ridley ...

KAKINADA: The Kakinada seashore is stinking with the decomposed olive ridley turtles with morning walkers and fishermen put to inconvenience. District Forest Officer D Ravindranath Reddy told TNIE ...

More than 500 dead Olive Ridley sea turtles have been discovered along Chennai’s coastline in the past 15 days, spanning from Marina Beach to Kovalam and Pulicat. Most of the deaths are suspected to ...

CHENNAI: In the midst of an alarmingly high number of Olive Ridley turtles beaching in and around Chennai this nesting season, four trawl boats were spotted 2-3km off the shore at Thiruvanmiyur ...

Nearly nine Olive Ridley sea turtles were found dead on the shores of Injambakkam, Chennai, on Saturday. The carcasses were spotted by a resident of Rajiv Avenue, who alerted the Forest Department.

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. A man takes images of a carcass of an endangered Olive Ridley turtle washed ashore at Marina beach in ...