Bhubaneswar, May 23 -- As the world observed World Turtle Day on May 23, concern has deepened over the absence of mass nesting of Olive Ridley sea turtles at Odisha's famed Gahirmatha rookery in Kendrapara district, widely regarded as the world's largest nesting ground for these endangered marine species.
The annual spectacle of lakhs of Olive Ridley turtles converging on the Gahirmatha coast for synchronized egg-laying - a phenomenon known as "arribada" - failed to occur this year, reviving concerns among conservationists and wildlife experts over the changing ecological dynamics along Odisha's coastline.
More than a decade after the turtles had skipped the nesting ground in 2014, the marine creatures once again stayed away from their pr...