Dead sea animals continue to wash onto Sri Lanka’s beaches weeks after a massive cargo ship carrying hazardous chemicals caught fire and then sank off the coast of Colombo, the country’s capital.

In 2006, the beach was made Sri Lanka’s first marine-turtle sanctuary. Experts estimate 200 to 300 turtles nest here, including leatherback, hawksbill, loggerhead and Olive ridleys.

"This tragic incident—inundating beaches on the west coast of Sri Lanka with tonnes of microplastics—will have immediate and long-term effects on this coastal ecosystem," the World Wildlife ...

And dozens of rare sea turtles washed up on Sri Lanka’s beaches, some with what appeared to be scorch marks on their shells. Fish, dolphins and even a whale were found dead.

Colombo, Sri Lanka — Nearly a hundred carcasses of turtles with throat and shell damage, as well as a dozen dead dolphins and a blue whale, have washed ashore in Sri Lanka since a container ship ...

MATARA, Sri Lanka — The Polhena reef and the surrounding shallow seas in southern Sri Lanka are home to a number of marine turtles that stay there year round. Randunu Dimeshan, a managing ...

Over the past 25 years, Kannangara has raised one million turtles in his hatchery, built on the edge of a picturesque stretch of beach in this formerly idyllic resort town in southern Sri Lanka.

The fallout from a container ship fire has blanketed Sri Lanka's beaches in plastic "snow." Waves of plastic pellets and debris from the blaze washed up on the country's beaches. Environmentalists ...

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Drone footage of a "freaky" crocodile sighting in the waters of Sri Lanka has gone viral on TikTok. The clip was posted by @suzannerico and has garnered over 506,000 views since it was shared on ...

While Bali has long been celebrated as a destination for beach-goers, there's a lesser-visited island you should consider if ...

This year, the southern coasts of Sri Lanka saw a resurgence of turtles coming to nest. The birth of rare leatherback turtles in a protected area of the Matara beach this week was the high point of ...