A large number of endangered olive ridley turtles have died on the beaches bordering the Gahiramatha marine sanctuary due to government's failure to curb marine fishing.
The rising demand for jellyfish in the overseas market is threatening the survival of the endangered Olive Ridley turtles in Orissa, experts say.
Extensive fishing for jellyfish along the Orissa...
The tranquil Satabhaya coast along the Gahirmatha Marine Sanctuary has turned into a graveyard for Olive Ridley sea turtles with over a hundred decomposed bodies of these delicate marine species...
Indonesian villagers in the province of Yogyakarta have released 200 baby Olive Ridley turtles in a bid to help save the species.
Under Indonesian law it is forbidden to hunt, capture or eat sea...
Where do the famous Olive Ridley sea turtles, who visit the Orissa coast twice every year for mass nesting, come from? And where do they go after laying eggs?
Nobody knows for sure.
But a...
The scattered carcasses of dead turtles bake on the hot sand. Scraps of the white shells of turtle eggs surround a hole where stray dogs have dug up a nest.
Until a decade ago, this beach on...
Stray dogs are being sterilized to protect many thousands of endangered Olive Ridley turtles that come to Orissa's beaches every winter for mass nesting and breeding. Dogs destroy several turtle...
The Gahirmatha beach has been one of the favourite destinations of Olive Ridleys for their annual mass nesting for years together.
However, with the recent recovery of nearly 550 dead sea...
Turtle populations in the Andaman Sea are at dire levels, with some species hovering on the brink of extinction because of natural and human causes such as tsunami walls.
Wildlife experts...
Mass hatching of the olive ridley sea turtles has begun at the Rushikulya beach in Orissa since April 9.
In February, 1,21,000 turtles nested here.
The hatchlings normally emerge between...
