Contemporary sea-level rise will inundate coastal habitats with seawater more frequently, disrupting the life cycles of terrestrial fauna well before permanent habitat loss occurs. Sea turtles are reliant on low-lying coastal habitats worldwide for nesting, where eggs buried in the sand remain vulnerable to inundation until hatching. We show that saltwater inundation directly lowers the viability of green turtle eggs (Chelonia mydas) collected from the world's largest green turtle nesting rookery at Raine Island, Australia, which is undergoing enigmatic decline.

Rising sea levels could decimate sea turtle nesting sites around the world, scientists have warned, with the largest rookery site for green turtles increasingly at risk from being swamped by seawat

AHMEDABAD: The state will add three hatcheries to the existing two to give a shot in the arm to the conservation of the endangered green turtle and Olive Ridley turtle in Gujarat.

Pakistan is likely to employ DNA barcodes — a way to identify species to curb illegal wildlife trade as smugglers come up with new techniques to transport endangered species by mislabelling them.

Hyderabad: The poaching of freshwater turtles in Andhra Pradesh is so rampant that they may enter the list of endangered species.

The Tripura High Court on Tuesday asked the state government to demolish at least two sides of cemented embankment of Kalyansagar, holy lake of Tripureswari temple, in Udaipur of South Tripura with

KANPUR: The spotted pond turtle also known as black pond turtle (geoclemys hamiltonii) seized in the recent past in Mumbai and various other parts of the country, are in demand in local and interna

Releasing balloons en masse into the sky to mark funerals and other ceremonies is killing birds, say scientists who have called for the practice to be banned.

Twenty-one rare tortoises were seized by BSF troops while they were being smuggled across the Indo-Bangladesh border in West Bengal, officials said on Thursday.

Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Western Zone Bench, Pune) in the matter of Sunil Shetye Vs. M/s. Leading Hotels Limited & Ors dated 16/04/2015 regarding the establishment of M/S. Leading Hotels Limited, on the ground that, it is in blatant violation of all environmental norms.

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