Worried over the declining turtle population in the country, the Zoological Survey of India is in the process of undertaking a new survey of fresh water turtles inhabiting the Ganga to collect scientific knowledge on the current population and bio-ecology of the endangered species.

The research is being led by Doon-based Dr Archana Bahugna, a ZSI scientist specialising in Mammology and will col

Ask Chennai's fisherfolk and they will tell you that the road to hell is built on stilts.

CHENNAI: Navin Srinivas, software professional and a volunteer on a night patrol last week along the Injambakkam beach, found a female turtle dead with its belly open. Closer to the city, a young volunteer for Students' Sea Turtle Conservation Network (SSTCN), found a few dead hatchlings near Elliots beach.

CHENNAI: Navin Srinivas, software professional and a volunteer on a night patrol last week along the Injambakkam beach, found a female turtle dead with its belly open. Closer to the city, a young volunteer for Students' Sea Turtle Conservation Network (SSTCN), found a few dead hatchlings near Elliots beach.

Conservation efforts for Olive Ridley turtles have led to protection of house sparrows at Purunabandha village near Rushikulya rookery in Orissa.

Villagers involved in guarding the endangered Olive Ridley turtles at this major nesting site have extended their efforts to house sparrows.

During the past few years house sparrows had started to vanish from most of the rural areas of Orissa due t

Berhampur: Two projects for conservation of rare species of Olive Ridley sea turtles and black bucks, under the Natural Resources Conservation Outside Protected Areas (NRCOPA) were launched in the Ganjam district.

A workshop-cum-launching function was held here in the city attended by Rajya Sabha member Renubala Pradhan, Chhatrapur MLA Adikanda Sethi, forest and UNDP officials.

The Central g

Environmentalists cry foul; industry upbeat
THE CAVEATS
* POSCO will have to invest 2% of its net annual profit for the region

Is the Adarsh Cooperative Housing Society more important for environment minister Jairam Ramesh than the endangered Olive Ridley turtles, a species that enjoys the same legal protection as the tiger?

BERHAMPUR: The Olive Ridley sea turtles, the rare and endangered marine turtle species of the world, have started arriving for mating at Rushikulya rookery in Ganjam district.

According to wildlife officials, mating of Olive Ridleys is now at its peak and hundreds of pairs are visible within a radius of around 7 km from the coastline near the rookery.

This year, these turtles have arrived in