Olive Ridley Turtles

Bhubaneswar: The Orissa High Court has constituted a three-member committee to verify the compliance of directions with regard to the conservation of Olive Ridley turtles at the Gahirmatha…

Cuttack: The Orissa High Court on Tuesday issued a notice to the state government in response to a PIL over the large-scale Olive Ridley turtle deaths along the Gahirmatha marine…

Berhampur: The Forest officials on Tuesday started satellite tagging of Olive Ridley sea turtles that come to Rushikulya coast in Ganjam district for nesting to know the details of the…

Puri: A sudden nesting of Olive Ridley turtles was spotted along the Astarang coast in Puri district on Sunday night. Sources said forest guards on night patrolling along the coast…

Kendrapda: Olive ridley sea turtles are back for mass nesting at Odisha's Gahirmatha. Forest personnel on patrolling drives have sighted pairs of mating turtles, Hindustan Times (HT)…

Kendrapada: Scientists of the Wildlife Institute of India (WII) Dehradun have firmed up plans to fit satellite transmitters or platform transmitter terminals (PTT) on at least 30 Olive…

Dehradun: The Wildlife Institute of India (WII) here has proposed to carry out a telemetry study on Odisha's Olive Ridleys in 2021. Thirteen years back, it had conducted a satellite…

Bhubaneswar: Olive Ridley turtles have begun arriving for their annual mating season at Rushikulya coast in Odisha’s Ganjam district. The mating season precedes the mass nesting of these…

Bhubaneswar: With Olive Ridley sea turtles arriving on Odisha beaches for mass nesting, the state government has decided to step up measures for their protection. Presiding over a…

The sight of a man in a turtle's costume along Odisha's coast is not uncommon. If you have also come across him, here is an introduction. His name is Soumya Ranjan Biswal, a B.Tech dropout…