Conservationists attribute the primary cause of the mass olive ridley turtle deaths on Chennai's shores to drowning due to entanglement in fishing nets, despite trawlers being prohibited from ...

A third of the world’s sharks, rays and chimaeras are threatened with extinction and their numbers have dwindled since 1970, finds a new IUCN report and a study. The report finds Indonesia, Spain and ...

A study investigated the spatial distribution of seagrass in Palk Bay, a dugong habitat, in Tamil Nadu. Research identified areas of healthy seagrass beds, which are critical marine habitats, and ...