Olive Ridley Turtles

Kendrapara:  More than three lakhs Olive Ridley turtles have so far reached Gahirmatha beach, the world’s largest rookery of the marine reptile species, in Kendrapara district to lay eggs this time, an official said on Saturday. Mass…

Berhampur: As many as fifty-five Olive Ridley turtles, which were tagged with metallic flipper in the last two years on the Odisha coast, have returned to the Rushikulya river mouth to lay eggs this time, officials said. The tagged…

Kendrapara: Sporadic nesting of olive ridley turtles has begun in Odisha’s Gahirmatha beach in Kendrapara.  Reportedly, the Olive Ridley Sea turtles have come from the Jaffna peninsula along the North West coast of Sri Lanka and started…

Bhubaneswar: On the closing ceremony of the METIS Initiative on Plastics and Indo-Pacific Ocean 2021 at Utsha Foundation here this evening, the grant-winning artist Manveer Singh shared his experience at the month-long residency and also…

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik urged the populace of the state to "make collective efforts to protect nesting habitats and conserve" the Olive Ridley turtles species. Taking to his Twitter handle, the Odisha CM wrote:…