Berhampur: The annual mass hatching of Olive Ridley sea turtles started Thursday at the Rushikulya rookery in Ganjam district, with thousands of hatchlings emerging from their sandy nests and ...

BERHAMPUR: After a gap of seven years, Rushikulya river mouth is witnessing two phases of mass nesting of Olive Ridley turtles. While the first phase of the arribada took place from February 16 to ...

Rise in temperature has impacted sex ratio of endangered Olive Ridley sea turtles with a higher number of female turtles being found at Rushikulya River mouth in Odisha’ Ganjam district ...

BHUBANESWAR : The second wave of arribada at Rushikulya rookery in Ganjam district - a rare occurrence at Olive Ridley turtle nesting sites - has brought both joy and worry for forest officials.

Bhubaneswar: Rising temperatures may be skewing Olive Ridley turtle hatchling sex ratios towards females at Odisha’s Rushikulya River mouth, suggests a recent study. Researchers, who monitored ...

Olive Ridleys are the smallest of the marine turtles that normally lay eggs in Rushikulya and Gahirmatha beaches of Odisha. A 16-year-long study of the Olive Ridley sea turtles has revealed that ...

Berhampur: Wildlife activists have urged the Odisha govt to expedite the setting up of the country's first exclusive sea turtle research centre near Rushikulya river mouth, a major mass nesting ...

More than 400 Olive Ridley turtles, a threatened species, returned to Rushikulya beach in Ganjam to lay eggs after skipping the site last year. Officials noted that with egg-laying completed, ...

BERHAMPUR: Thousands of Olive Ridley hatchlings emerged from the eggs and began their sojourn to the sea from Rushikulya rookery on Thursday, marking the end of the year’s mass nesting season.