From Odisha to Maharashtra: Olive Ridley turtle 03233 travels 3,500 km from east to west, surprising scientistsOlive Ridley turtle '03233' journeyed 3,500km from Odisha to Maharashtra. This challenges previous assumptions about turtle nesting sites. ...
15 Apr, 2025, 04.40 PM IST
Dolphins spotted at Olive Ridley nesting site in Ganjam districtThe dolphin census was carried out by the forest department in the 54-km coastline off Ganjam. Twenty-six dolphins of two species - 15 hump...
21 Jan, 2018, 01.51 PM IST
77 Olive Ridley turtles let out into the seaA total of 77 Olive Ridley sea turtles, an endangered species, were let out into the sea near Dhanushkodi today, a forest department offici...
26 Apr, 2015, 05.42 PM IST
- High tide washes away Olive Ridley turtles eggs
Berhampur/ Hundreds of nests of endangered Olive Ridley turtles at Rushikulya and Gahirmatha rookeries were washed away in high tides durin...
23 Apr, 2015, 12.59 AM IST
Webcast of turtles’ mass nestingYou can watch the Olive Ridley turtles mass nesting on the sandy shores near the Rushikulya river mouth in Ganjam district at home without ...
14 Mar, 2015, 12.25 AM IST
- Olive Ridleys arrive for mating at Rushikulya
Pairs of mating Olive Ridley turtles have begun emerging on near the mouth of river Rushikulya, one of the major rookeries in the state, ma...
22 Nov, 2014, 03.42 AM IST
- Decline in arrivals of olive ridley turtles in Goa raises concern
Goa may have received a large number of international and domestic tourists during the last season but its four beaches failed to attract t...
02 Aug, 2014, 11.22 PM IST
Over 4,400 Olive Ridley turtles let out into sea from hatcheryOver 4,400 Olive Ridley turtles, an endangered species, have been let out into the sea over the past three months from a government run hat...
22 May, 2014, 05.13 PM IST
Live webcast of Olive Ridley sea turtle nesting in OdishaDRDO and Odisha's forest department will jointly live stream the annual event of the mass nesting of Olive Ridley turtles in Gahirmatha nes...
19 Mar, 2014, 09.42 PM IST
- Olive Ridley rehabilitated, released at sea after 2 months
When Yuvathi entered the sea, she was a bit confused. It had been more than two months since the Olive Ridley turtle had left the Bay of Be...
15 Apr, 2013, 05.56 AM IST
- Rare turtles released into sea
The forest department with the help of local wildlife conservationists released Olive Ridley Turtles and Green Sea Turtles into the sea nea...
14 Oct, 2012, 10.57 PM IST
- Baby olive ridley turtles let into sea
A Puducherry-based NGO's efforts to protect eggs of the endangered Olive Ridley sea turtles have borne fruit with 110 hatchlings being let ...
06 Apr, 2012, 03.06 PM IST
- Olive Ridley mass nesting missing this year, experts hopeful
The annual spectacle of thousands of Olive Ridley turtles mass-nesting along the Gahirmatha coast in Odisha is so far missing this year, se...
01 Mar, 2012, 11.35 AM IST
Olive Ridley turtles start mass nesting in OdishaSetting aside all speculations, the Olive Ridley sea turtles started their annual mass nesting near Rushikulya river mouth in Odisha's Ganj...
29 Feb, 2012, 08.14 PM IST
- Chennnai hatches success story of Olive Ridleys
S Vinod, a manager in Aditya Birla Money, sleeps only four nights a week for four months-between January and April when Olive Ridley turtle...
06 Jun, 2011, 08.02 AM IST
- Illegal fishing trawlers a threat to Olive Ridley turtles
Illegal fishing using mechanized trawlers in Orissa coast is posing a serious threat to the endangered Olive Ridley turtles visiting the st...
13 Dec, 2009, 06.17 PM IST
- Orissa court seeks fresh report on Olive Ridley turtles
The Orissa High Court has asked the state government to submit a fresh report on the actions taken by it to protect endangered Olive Ridley...
06 Aug, 2008, 02.16 PM IST