Odisha urges DRDO to restrict missile testing during nesting season of turtlesThese turtles are sensitive and it is feared that missile testings might have an adverse impact on their mating and mass nesting, the offic...
09 Dec, 2023, 08.15 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
Fishing ban to save Olive Ridley sea turtlesWith the mass nesting of Olive Ridley sea turtles' fast approaching, a 7-month ban on fishing activity was clamped on from Tuesday along th...
01 Nov, 2016, 02.25 PM IST
Students clean Odisha beach to facilitate mass nesting of turtlesSchoolchildren cleaned about 4km-long beach from Gokharakuda to Podampeta in Odisha - the famous mass nesting site for the endangered Olive...
15 Feb, 2016, 09.27 PM 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
- Rushikulya: Turtles begin mass nesting
The mass nesting of Olive Ridley sea turtles started near Rushikulya river mouth in the early hours of Thursday.
13 Mar, 2015, 12.57 AM IST
20 arrested for illegal fishing in Gahirmatha marine sanctuaryStepping up their drive to protect turtles' mass nesting, the forest personnel today took into custody 20 fishermen in a mid-sea intercepti...
09 Feb, 2015, 08.44 PM IST
Turtles skipping mass nesting natural: ExpertDr H R Bustard, an international expert on turtles and crocodiles and their population ecology, said it is perfectly natural for Olive Ridl...
12 May, 2014, 11.16 AM 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
Odisha plans webcasting mass nesting of Olive Ridley TurtlesThe Odisha government is exploring possibilities of webcasting the annual event of the mass nesting of Olive Ridley Turtle in the Odisha co...
06 Dec, 2013, 01.15 PM IST
Kanpur: Very few turtle nesting sites sighted this yearIt is the time of the year when hundreds of turtles make their way to the banks of Yamuna to lay their eggs.However, heavy release of water...
27 Feb, 2013, 04.59 AM IST
- Odisha plans turtle tourism, ensures safe annual nesting
Known as the most favoured nesting place for Olive Ridley Sea Turtles, Odisha is set to utilize this annual phenomenon for promoting touris...
08 Nov, 2012, 01.18 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
- One lakh turtles nest in Rushikulya beach in Orissa
Over one lakh Olive Ridley sea turtles have laid eggs on the beach adjoining the Rushikulya river mouth since Monday as scientists observed...
18 Mar, 2010, 07.49 PM 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
- Turtles refuse to lay eggs due to Agni-I test firing
Worried over delay in annual mass nesting of olive ridley sea turtles at Gahirmath beach, the Orissa government has requested the DRDO to p...
14 Apr, 2008, 01.05 PM IST