Malaka Rodrigo

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Malaka Rodrigo is a naturalist with an IT background that took environmental journalism in 2007 to follow his belief ‘conservation through awareness’. He won many awards for his work and writes extensively on biodiversity, wildlife, oceans, water, climate change and environmental issues.

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Sri Lanka to the U.K.: Here’s your waste back. And there’s more to come

Malaka Rodrigo 9 Dec 2020

Sri Lankans save pilot whales in epic rescue after mass stranding

Malaka Rodrigo 5 Nov 2020

For lonely elephant Kaavan, music therapy helps prepare for move to sanctuary

Malaka Rodrigo 2 Nov 2020

Lots of suspects but few leads in mystery sea turtle deaths in Sri Lanka

Malaka Rodrigo 14 Oct 2020

Deaths and media-driven panic threaten human-jackal coexistence in Sri Lanka

Malaka Rodrigo 8 Oct 2020

Oil tanker fire in Sri Lanka’s rich waters highlights need for preparedness

Malaka Rodrigo 1 Oct 2020

Kaavan, a Sri Lankan elephant living in captivity in a Pakistani zoo to be set free

Malaka Rodrigo 31 Jul 2020

New assessment shows 74% of Sri Lanka’s freshwater fish threatened with extinction

Malaka Rodrigo 31 Jul 2020

In Sri Lanka, a South American flower usurps a tree sacred to Buddhists and Hindus

Malaka Rodrigo 27 Jul 2020

Problem pachyderms? ‘Geofencing’ helps reduce Sri Lanka’s human-elephant conflict

Malaka Rodrigo 26 Jul 2020

Twins highlight world’s largest Asian elephant gathering in Sri Lanka

Malaka Rodrigo 23 Jul 2020

Brutus or Caesar? Now visitors can identify individual leopards at Sri Lanka park

Malaka Rodrigo 20 Jul 2020

Deer droppings help researchers understand sambar antler development

Malaka Rodrigo 14 Jul 2020

Shanthi, world’s most studied elephant, dies at Washington’s National Zoo

Malaka Rodrigo 9 Jul 2020

Civil war didn’t hurt this Sri Lankan mangrove forest, but shrimp farming might

Malaka Rodrigo 7 Jul 2020

In Sri Lanka, the hunt is on for alien fish in native lakes

Malaka Rodrigo 6 Jul 2020

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

Malaka Rodrigo 30 Jun 2020

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

Malaka Rodrigo 22 Jun 2020

Sri Lanka reopens national parks post-lockdown with strict guidelines

Malaka Rodrigo 19 Jun 2020

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

Malaka Rodrigo 17 Jun 2020

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

Malaka Rodrigo 12 Jun 2020

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

Malaka Rodrigo 8 Jun 2020

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

Malaka Rodrigo 5 Jun 2020

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

Malaka Rodrigo 4 Jun 2020

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

Malaka Rodrigo 30 May 2020

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

Malaka Rodrigo 25 May 2020

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

Malaka Rodrigo 15 May 2020

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

Malaka Rodrigo 6 May 2020

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

Malaka Rodrigo 5 May 2020

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

Malaka Rodrigo 16 Apr 2020

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

Malaka Rodrigo 13 Apr 2020

In Sri Lanka, gillnets targeting tuna claim dolphin lives

Malaka Rodrigo 8 Apr 2020

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