In Sri Lanka, the government imposed a nationwide lockdown in early 2020, forcing the closure of dive centers and scuppering the Turtle ID project.

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 c… ...

Updated: Jun 22, 2021 / 04:02 AM EDT A Sri Lankan policeman looks at a dead turtle that washed ashore in Colombo, Sri Lanka, June 10, 2021. Carcasses of nearly a hundred turtles believed to have… ...

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. Lalith Ekanayake, a marine and ...

Jun 22, 2021 / 03:36 AM EDT Jun 22, 2021 / 04:01 AM EDT A Sri Lankan policeman looks at a dead turtle that washed ashore in Colombo, Sri Lanka, June 10, 2021.