Olive Ridley turtle's 3,500 km sea voyage from Odisha to Konkan coast redraws migration maps

An extraordinary 3,500 km journey undertaken by an Olive Ridley turtle from Odisha to Maharashtra's Guhagar beach has upended long-standing assumptions about the species' migration patterns. Previously, researchers believed that the turtles nesting on India’s east and west coasts belonged to separate populations. However, this new discovery suggests a possible interconnection between the two regions.

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