Sea erosion destroys turtle eggs

Last Updated: Tuesday, April 10, 2012, 18:29

A large number of eggs of Olive Ridley turtles were destroyed due to sea erosion in the mouth of Rushikulya river in Odisha`s Ganjam district.

Olive Ridley turtles start mass nesting in Odisha

Last Updated: Wednesday, February 29, 2012, 19:11

The Olive Ridley sea turtles started their annual mass nesting near Rushikulya river mouth in Odisha`s Ganjam district.

New species of turtle that lived with dinosaurs found

Last Updated: Tuesday, February 28, 2012, 17:10

Researchers have discovered and described a new species of turtle from the end of the age of dinosaurs.

A turtle fest in golden sands of Maharashtra

Last Updated: Saturday, February 18, 2012, 12:25

As the day breaks, scores of tiny heads of turtle hatchlings, with twinkling eyes, suddenly pop out of the golden sand beach.

River diversion, soil erosion threat turtle nesting

Last Updated: Monday, February 13, 2012, 15:38

Erosion and diversion of Rushikulya river mouth in Odisha seems to be posing a serious threat to the annual mass nesting of the endangered Olive Ridley sea turtles.

Endangered turtle to be tracked in Cambodia

Last Updated: Saturday, January 21, 2012, 14:59

One of the world`s most endangered turtles has been released into a Cambodian river with a satellite transmitter attached to its shell.

Want to save turtles? Go to Maharashtra

Last Updated: Saturday, December 24, 2011, 16:23

The Sahyadri Nisarga Mitra (SNM) has been organising a similar Turtle Festival in Ratnagiri district of central Konkan in February

Turtle eggs communicate before hatching

Last Updated: Wednesday, November 30, 2011, 21:20

Baby turtles can communicate with one another before they hatch and can arrange to emerge from their eggs at the same time, an Australian study has claimed.