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Great Nicobar’s leatherbacks carry a unique genetic record that a megaport could bury
Last winter, female leatherbacks heaved themselves onto a beach bordering Galathea Bay on Great Nicobar Island to dig and lay eggs in 869 nests, according to data from the Andaman and Nicobar Forest Department obtained through the Right to Information Act. That is the highest number of leatherback nests recorded on any beach in the […]
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