Olive Ridley

Cuttack: A division bench of Orissa High Court on Tuesday asked the state government to enforce prohibition of fishing activities by trawlers near Devi river mouth in view of the high…

Puri: A 30-day cleanliness drive by a group of local youths at Astaranga beach in the district has found a place in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s success story page of ‘Mann Ki Baat’…

Bhubaneswar: It’s the mass nesting season for Olive Ridley turtles in Odisha and the ongoing COVID-19 lockdown has allowed them to go about with it peacefully. According to the Forest…

Long before the state government recognised the urgency of saving and preserving Olive Ridley turtles, a young man living in Puri’s Gundabala village started a one-man mission to protect…

Rajnagar: Turtle lovers can rejoice, as mass nesting of Olive Ridleys has begun at their biggest nesting ground, Gahirmatha in Odisha’s Kendrapara district. Over 2.5 lakh Olive Ridley…

Bhubaneswar: Odisha is seeing a decline in the number of Olive Ridley sea turtle hatchlings in recent years. Fewer number of Olive Ridley nests were noticed in the coastal areas of Puri…

Puri: Olive Ridley turtles have started laying eggs at Astaranga in Puri district and Forest Department officials rescued 136 Olive Ridley Turtles’ eggs near Keluni Muhana on Thursday. The…

Puri: The Forest Department on Monday released 542 Olive Ridley turtle hatchlings in the sea from the special hatcheries after one-and-half month. Sources said the Forest Department had…

Rajnagar (Kendrapara): Much to the delight of the nature lovers, the mass nesting of the endangered Olive Ridley sea turtles along Gahirmatha coast this year in Odisha’s Kendrapara district…