India, Jan. 27 -- The Olive Ridley turtles, an endangered species which had skipped the River Rushikulya mouth in Odisha's Ganjam district in 2024 for the mass nesting, are expected to lay eggs in larger numbers this year, according to the turtle experts.

Rushikulya river mouth is one of the major rookeries in the country, where millions of female Olive Ridley turtles throng for mass nesting (arribada in Spanish). The other sites in Odisha, where mass nesting of the Olive Ridleys take place are Gahirmatha and Deve river mouth in Kendrapara and Puri districts, respectively.

Experts, however, pointed out that it is a natural pattern to skip a rookery every three or four years. "We have observed the trend for the last several years that a ...