The olive ridley turtle is named for the generally greenish color of its skin and shell, or carapace. It is closely related to the Kemp’s ridley, with the primary distinction being that olive ...

Five of the most threatened species of sea turtles including Loggerhead Turtles (Caretta caretta), Olive Ridley Turtles (Lepidochelys olivacea ... people were killing them for their colourful shells ...

with the hatchlings making their way to the ocean under the cover of darkness to enhance their chances of survival. The Olive Ridley sea turtle, named for its distinctive olive-green shell ...

They may be loners as adults, but olive ridley turtles begin life as ... They have broken free of their shells but are still trapped in the nest chamber under half a metre of sand.

Female Olive Ridley turtles dig pits in the sand as they ... The Olive Riddle turtle, named for its olive-green shell, comes under the endangered category. Conservationists continue to emphasise ...

BERHAMPUR: After a gap of seven years, Rushikulya river mouth is witnessing two phases of mass nesting of Olive Ridley turtles ... hatchlings emerge from the shells after 45 to 50 days of laying ...

Olive Ridley turtles get their name from the coloring of their heart-shaped shell. It starts out gray but changes to olive green when the turtles turn adults. Olive Ridley sea turtles migrate in ...

Venkateswar released Olive Ridley turtle hatchlings into the sea at Gummalladibba Beach near Srinivasa Satram in Chillakur mandal of Tirupati district under the supervision of the forest ...

About Olive Ridley Turtles Olive Ridley turtles ... The eggs that are laid under the sand take more than a month to hatch.