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What is needed to keep Sri Lanka’s leopards roaming free? (Commentary)

Jagath Gunawardana 17 Jan 2020

As 2019 ends, reptile-rich Sri Lanka delivers three more new gecko species

Dilrukshi Handunnetti 15 Jan 2020

2019: The year Sri Lanka’s stunning new species came to light (Commentary)

Amila Prasanna Sumanapala 6 Jan 2020

Balancing short and long term interests vital for Sri Lanka in 2020 (Commentary)

Nalaka Gunawardene 31 Dec 2019

Sri Lanka’s Sinharaja rainforest reserve to be quadrupled in size

Malaka Rodrigo 17 Dec 2019

The Sri Lankan legume: Extinct, rediscovered, and now at risk again (commentary)

Jagath Gunawardana 11 Dec 2019

Catching fish to feed fish: Report details ‘unsustainable’ fishmeal and oil industry

Monica Evans 4 Dec 2019

As nesting season begins, Sri Lanka’s olive ridley turtles face myriad threats

Malaka Rodrigo 4 Dec 2019

Nepal won its first climate grant; now comes the hard work of making it count

Abhaya Raj Joshi 27 Nov 2019

Elephant seal native to Antarctica spotted for first time in tropical Sri Lanka

Malaka Rodrigo 26 Nov 2019

More discoveries, more threats for Sri Lanka’s dragonflies and damselflies

Dilrukshi Handunnetti 19 Nov 2019

‘Science prevails’ as suspension of award for herbicide research is reversed

Dilrukshi Handunnetti 16 Nov 2019

Mussel species that invaded Southeast Asian waters now appears in India

Shreya Dasgupta 14 Nov 2019

India’s Ganga River dolphins are being shouted down by noisy boats

Shreya Dasgupta 12 Nov 2019

Global trafficking threat catches up to Sri Lanka’s endangered pangolins

Dilrukshi Handunnetti 11 Nov 2019

Scientists rediscover mammalian oddity in remote Vietnam

Jeremy Hance 11 Nov 2019

Less force, more kindness as Sri Lanka tries to defuse human-elephant conflict

Dilrukshi Handunnetti 31 Oct 2019

As birds winter in Sri Lanka, one enthusiast makes sure their memory stays

Dilrukshi Handunnetti 25 Oct 2019

Photos: Meet the surprisingly diverse day geckos of Sri Lanka

Dilrukshi Handunnetti 18 Oct 2019

On the front line of climate change in India’s Sundarbans

Johan Augustin 17 Oct 2019

At India’s Assam Zoo, decades of experience lead to rhino-breeding success

Bikash Kumar Bhattacharya 16 Oct 2019

Seven elephants found dead as Sri Lanka’s human-wildlife conflict escalates

Dennis Mombauer 10 Oct 2019

Seven elephants found dead as Sri Lanka’s human-wildlife conflict escalates

Dennis Mombauer 10 Oct 2019

For India’s flood-hit rhinos, refuge depends increasingly on humans

Manon Verchot 9 Oct 2019

EU market a factor as Sri Lanka pulls its punches on protection for lizards

Malaka Rodrigo 6 Oct 2019

‘Vulture restaurants’ provide lifeline for critically endangered species

Abhaya Raj Joshi 27 Sep 2019

Sri Lanka eyes lucrative charismatic species to save lesser-known ones

Malaka Rodrigo 23 Sep 2019

Sri Lanka wields mangroves, its tsunami shield, against climate change

Dilrukshi Handunnetti 22 Sep 2019

New gecko species named in honor of Sri Lankan herpetologist Anslem de Silva

Dilrukshi Handunnetti 13 Sep 2019

Nepal to conduct, self-fund, rhino census in March 2020

Abhaya Raj Joshi 11 Sep 2019

Sri Lanka scientists stand by naming of new geckos amid nationalist criticism

Dilrukshi Handunnetti 10 Sep 2019

Sri Lanka scales up its domestic campaign to protect sharks with a global push

Malaka Rodrigo 5 Sep 2019

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