Kendrapada: The world's largest rookery of sea turtles witnessed commencement of its annual spectacle as thousands of Olive Ridley sea turtles started mass nesting at Gahirmatha marine sanctuary ...

Officials said that like last year, mass nesting at Gahirmatha may begin in April. Sudarshan Gopinath Jadhav, divisional forest officer, mangrove forest division (wildlife), Rajnagar, said they ...

Gahirmatha beach, off the Bay of Bengal coast in Kendrapara district, is incidentally acclaimed as the world’s largest-known nesting ground for these turtles.

BHUBANESWAR: After Rushikulya river mouth in Ganjam, ‘arribada’ (mass nesting) of Olive Ridleys has commenced at Gahirmatha marine sanctuary near Bhitarkanika with over 78,000 sea turtles turn ...

Located in Kendrapara district, Gahirmatha is the lone mass nesting spot in Indian Ocean region and the only turtle sanctuary in Odisha. The Olive Ridley turtles travel across the South Pacific to ...

The report said the patrolling team of Gahirmatha wildlife range and APR police detected a fishing trawler in the sanctuary area. When the trawler was attempted to be intercepted, the crew members ...

Endangered Olive Ridley turtles have reappeared at Eakakulanasi island in Gahirmatha marine sanctuary in Odisha for mass nesting after a gap of 33 years, an official said. "The idyllic beach on ...

Kendrapara: Endangered Olive Ridley turtles have reappeared at Eakakulanasi island in Gahirmatha marine sanctuary in Odisha for mass nesting after a gap of 33 years, an official said. "The idyllic ...