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The global pandemic had some positive effects on the environment. While the coronavirus sparked one of the biggest crises seen by the planet in modern times, the global pandemic had some positive effects on the environment.

In March 2020, along the coast of the eastern state Odisha in India, over 475,000 endangered Olive Ridley sea turtles came ashore to a roughly 3.75-mile (6-km.) Rushikulya beach to dig their nests and lay eggs.

However, restrictions in place due to the CoViD-19 threat allowed for hundreds of thousands of endangered turtles to be protected from any human presence—especially the presence of tourists—resulting in what may be their most successful mass nesting in years.

According to the forest service, well over 250,000 mother turtles took part in the daytime nesting activity.

Typically, the event would attract hordes of tourists eager to see the miraculous event, straining members of the Forest Department who struggled to keep the crowds at bay.