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Discovery of a metallic-blue tarantula bolsters case for trade protection

Dilrukshi Handunnetti 22 Aug 2019

Bid for greater protection of star tortoise, a trafficking mainstay

Dennis Mombauer 16 Aug 2019

Sri Lanka pushes for protection of sea cucumbers amid overexploitation

Malaka Rodrigo 10 Aug 2019

Microplastic waste fouls up beaches on Sri Lanka’s southern tourism coast

Dilrukshi Handunnetti 31 Jul 2019

The frog and the university: Meet the niche new species from Sri Lanka

Dilrukshi Handunnetti 18 Jul 2019

Asian elephants gang up in a bid to survive an increasingly human world

Aathira Perinchery 11 Jul 2019

After a lengthy delay, still no green light for Sri Lanka’s red list

Malaka Rodrigo 9 Jul 2019

Casualty of peace? Study shows rise in deforestation after conflicts

Dilrukshi Handunnetti 2 Jul 2019

An ill-deserved reputation threatens Sri Lanka’s ‘secretive snake’

Dilrukshi Handunnetti 28 Jun 2019

Sri Lanka, in bid for species protection, is stymied by lack of data (commentary)

Dennis Mombauer 27 Jun 2019

Crackdown after Sri Lanka bombings may help in fight against blast fishing

Malaka Rodrigo 26 Jun 2019

Deadlier than guns: Explosive bait haunts Sri Lanka’s elephants

Malaka Rodrigo 20 Jun 2019

CITES to move wildlife trade summit from Colombo to Geneva this August

Dilrukshi Handunnetti 13 Jun 2019

New rainforest gecko joins growing list of reptiles unique to Sri Lanka

Dilrukshi Handunnetti 11 Jun 2019

Microplastics a key factor in Sri Lanka’s plunging fish stocks, survey shows

Dilrukshi Handunnetti 7 Jun 2019

For Sri Lanka villagers, monkey business feeds off human actions

Dilrukshi Handunnetti 31 May 2019
Cnemaspis nilgala is a gecko that is found only in the rocky outcrop of Nilgala and is named after this unique habitat. Image courtesy of Suranjan Karunarathne.

A new gecko emerges from Sri Lanka’s Nilgala savanna forest

Dilrukshi Handunnetti 23 May 2019

Wildlife trade summit may move to Geneva amid Colombo security concerns

Dilrukshi Handunnetti 22 May 2019

Extreme weather puts traditional livelihoods in peril in Sri Lanka, studies warn

Dilrukshi Handunnetti 17 May 2019

An urban ‘butterfly experience’ in Sri Lanka

Dilrukshi Handunnetti 15 May 2019

Reptile haven of Sri Lanka yields up new species of rough-sided snake

Dilrukshi Handunnetti 11 May 2019

In Sri Lanka, a tiny new orchid bears an elephant’s name

Dilrukshi Handunnetti 1 May 2019

How India’s shrub frogs crossed a bridge to Sri Lanka – and changed forever

Dilrukshi Handunnetti 1 May 2019
Sri Lanka Green Pit Viper

Study documents how Sri Lanka’s protected reptiles are traded as pets

Dilrukshi Handunnetti 22 Apr 2019

Sri Lanka calls for increased protection for endemic lizards

Dilrukshi Handunnetti 18 Apr 2019

A fishy translocation highlights dangers of ‘taxonomic inflation’

Dilrukshi Handunnetti 16 Apr 2019

Cloud seeding bears no rain in Sri Lanka

Dilrukshi Handunnetti 12 Apr 2019

Putting policy into practice to clean up South Asia’s dirty air (commentary)

Nalaka Gunawardene 26 Mar 2019

Sri Lanka’s biodiversity on show: Q & A with tourism and wildlife minister John Amaratunga

Dilrukshi Handunnetti 22 Mar 2019

Sri Lanka’s new ‘green tax’ not a hit with drivers or environmentalists

Dilrukshi Handunnetti 14 Mar 2019

Glyphosate’s kidney disease link: More science, less politics (commentary)

Nalaka Gunawardene 5 Mar 2019

Sri Lanka to put its biodiversity in the spotlight at global trade summit

Dilrukshi Handunnetti 3 Mar 2019

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