Dilrukshi Handunnetti

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Dilrukshi Handunnetti is a Colombo based journalist and lawyer. Trained as an investigative journalist, her reporting covers a range of topics. Dilrukshi has won local and international awards for excellence in journalism and collaborates across South Asia.

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An intrusive killer scorpion points the way to six new species in Sri Lanka

Ancient Sri Lankans built canals. Their legacy today? A new type of forest

Sri Lanka reopens national parks post-lockdown with strict guidelines

A Sri Lankan herp mystery solved: The snake species that was two

In Sri Lanka, crop-destroying insects follow the COVID-19 pandemic

The world’s a stage for these four new jumping spiders from Sri Lanka

A Sri Lankan rescue center races to save wild patients during lockdown

Crediting the lockdown for Sri Lanka’s cleaner air masks the real problem (Commentary)

In lockdown’s calm, glossy ibis finds prime nesting conditions in Sri Lanka

For Sri Lanka’s dwindling leopards, wire snares are the leading killer

Think you’ve seen a mermaid? This Sri Lankan scientist sets the record straight

In Sri Lanka, bushmeat poachers haven’t let up during lockdown

For Sri Lankans reporting environmental crimes, there’s now an app for that

Aided by weather, Sri Lanka’s lockdown leads to decline in air, sea pollution

How a changing climate threatens Sri Lanka’s dragonflies and damselflies (commentary)

Amid lockdown, Sri Lankans nurture their own oases through home gardening

Sri Lanka’s marbled rock frog may not be on brink of extinction, modeling suggests

Researchers miss out on sperm whale superpod in Sri Lanka amid pandemic

Wildlife tourism workers in limbo as Sri Lanka’s COVID-19 shutdown continues

Photos: Up close with the saltwater crocs of Sri Lanka’s Nilwala River

From a Sri Lankan rainforest, a new species of orchid blooms

Fighting COVID-19 with a precious resource: Q&A with Kusum Athukorala, Sri Lanka’s ‘Woman in Water’

Panic buying amid pandemic drives scarcity in medicinal herbs in Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka’s COVID-19 lockdown sets wildlife free but raises poaching threat

As COVID-19 rages, Sri Lankans find solace in traditional practices

In Sri Lanka, gillnets targeting tuna claim dolphin lives

New snake discovery in Sri Lanka is latest twist in slow-burning mystery

In Sri Lanka, beguiling bloom of cat’s claw vine conceals potential trouble (commentary)

From vegetable plots in a Sri Lankan swamp, a forgotten eel emerges

New assessment shows Sri Lanka’s amphibians being pushed to the brink

In reporting on COVID-19, the front line is the screen in front of you (Commentary)

Lack of farmer training worsens Sri Lanka’s growing human-wildlife conflict

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