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With thousands of turtle eggs disappearing in a few minutes, conservationists feared that it could be a death knell for the critically endangered sea turtles. But according to the latest official ...
Sea turtle hatchery wiped out in Sri Lanka. ... His hard work was washed away by the devastating tsunami on Dec. 26, which battered Sri Lanka’s southern, eastern and northern shores, ...
An initiative in Sri Lanka stalled by the COVID-19 pandemic is looking to get back on track to identifying individual marine turtles in the island’s waters. The Turtle ID project uses photos ...
The Sri Lankan government says that it is concerned about the welfare of sea turtles which live and breed on the island's southern coastline. The authorities say turtle hatcheries are operating there ...
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Nearly a hundred carcasses of turtles with throat and shell damage, as well as a dozen dead dolphins and a blue whale, have washed ashore in Sri Lanka since a container ship ...
The sea off Sri Lanka and its coastline are home to five species of turtles that regularly come to lay eggs. March to June is the peak season for turtle arrivals.
A small fishing village in Sri Lanka is an underrated paradise. With quaint charm, pristine golden beaches stretching far along the island's southern coastlines, and the Rekawa Turtle Conservation ...
Ten olive ridley sea turtles washed ashore on the beaches of Colombo, Sri Lanka, over a two-day period in early October, leaving experts puzzled about the cause of death.
Apart from the low survival rate, the sex ratio of the newborn sea turtle in Sri Lanka is very unbalanced. Zoya, turtle protection researcher at the center, told Xinhua that the sex of the baby turtle ...
Many turtle conservation sites and hatcheries along Sri Lanka's southern and western coasts were wiped out in last December's tsunami. Turtle hatcheries were wiped out by the tsunami With ...
Turtle Carcasses Wash Ashore in Sri Lanka After Cargo Ship Fire The fire started on the ship on May 20 and dead marine species started washing ashore days later ...