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Great Nicobar’s leatherbacks carry a unique genetic record that a megaport could bury

Headline via Mongabay India · first report 9 Nov, 21:00 IST, latest 9 Nov, 21:00 IST

Radhanagar Beach on Swaraj Dweep (Havelock Island)
Representational image · Radhanagar Beach on Swaraj Dweep (Havelock Island) · Anirvan Shukla / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0

What we know

So far only Mongabay India has reported this (9 Nov, 21:00 IST). It will be marked Verified when a second, independent news organisation reports it. Rational Times has not independently confirmed the details: read each report through the links below.

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First report9 Nov, 21:00 IST
Latest report9 Nov, 21:00 IST
DeskClimate

What the reports sayEach newsroom’s own summary of its report, from its feed

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…

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About Andaman and Nicobar Islands IndiaAsiaClimate 9 Nov 2026

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