His hard work was washed away by the devastating tsunami on Dec. 26, which battered Sri Lanka’s southern, eastern and northern shores, killing more than 30,000 people. Hatch date was Dec. 26 ...

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 … Read More X-International (AP) ...

COLOMBO — Conservation experts in Sri Lanka have been left puzzled by a recent spate of marine turtle fatalities, where the animals’ bodies have washed ashore without any indications of the ...

Posted: Jun 22, 2021 / 01:35 AM MDT Updated: Jun 22, 2021 / 01:57 AM MDT A Sri Lankan policeman looks at a dead turtle that washed ashore in Colombo, Sri Lanka, June 10, 2021.

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 ...

Posted: Jun 22, 2021 / 03:36 AM EDT Updated: Jun 22, 2021 / 03:56 AM EDT A Sri Lankan policeman looks at a dead turtle that washed ashore in Colombo, Sri Lanka, June 10, 2021.

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… ...