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A fishing cat.

Plastic works its way up the food chain to hit fishing cats, study shows

Sean Mowbray 25 Jan 2023

Updated red list raises red flags for Sri Lanka’s birds, especially endemics

Malaka Rodrigo 23 Jan 2023

Green and gossamer, and not gone: A Sri Lankan dragonfly flits back to life

Dilrukshi Handunnetti 3 Dec 2022

Sri Lanka university aims to be the country’s first to go carbon neutral

Malaka Rodrigo 26 Nov 2022

Shipping lane change could be sea change for Sri Lanka’s blue whales

Malaka Rodrigo 30 Oct 2022

Dog shooting highlights Sri Lanka’s need for stricter animal cruelty laws

Hassaan Shazuli 14 Oct 2022

Photos: How Sri Lanka’s forced organic transition crippled its tea industry

Joanik Bellalou 1 Oct 2022

New cave bat species in Sri Lanka highlights need for more research

Malaka Rodrigo 29 Sep 2022
The recently described box jellyfish

Sri Lankan study identifies new jellyfish, sparking interest in the species

Malaka Rodrigo 20 Sep 2022

Sri Lanka eyes major compensation case over X-Press Pearl sinking

Malaka Rodrigo 14 Sep 2022

Sri Lankan researchers bring little-studied ‘flowerpot’ snake to light

Malaka Rodrigo 22 Aug 2022

Sri Lanka fuel shortage takes massive toll on efforts to save wildlife

Malaka Rodrigo 19 Aug 2022

Drawing the wrong lessons from Sri Lanka’s organic farming experience (commentary)

Nethmi S. Perera Bathige and William G. Moseley 12 Aug 2022

Overlooked and at risk, seagrass is habitat of choice for many small-scale fishers

Basten Gokkon 10 Aug 2022

Sri Lankan environmental policy failures helped fuel people power revolution

Malaka Rodrigo 19 Jul 2022

In a former conflict zone in Sri Lanka, a world rich in corals thrives

Malaka Rodrigo 18 Jul 2022

Protected areas not exempt as blast fishing blows up in Sri Lanka

Malaka Rodrigo 12 Jul 2022

In Sri Lanka, a waterbird flips the parenting paradigm on its head

Malaka Rodrigo 1 Jul 2022

Zoo animals not immune to Sri Lanka’s economic rout as food prices surge

Malaka Rodrigo 14 Jun 2022

The curious case of the Sri Lankan national flower that wasn’t

Malaka Rodrigo 11 Jun 2022

In Sri Lankan waters, endangered but unprotected rays encounter a killing field

Malaka Rodrigo 9 Jun 2022

Report sums up wealth of Sri Lanka’s biodiversity — and the threats it faces

Malaka Rodrigo 7 Jun 2022

A year since X-Press Pearl sinking, Sri Lanka is still waiting for compensation

Malaka Rodrigo 2 Jun 2022

Sri Lankan wins Linnean Medal, the ‘Nobel Prize for naturalists’ (commentary)

Rajith Dissanayake 24 May 2022

A whiz and a buzz: Bee attacks at Sri Lanka rock fortress point to need for toilets

Malaka Rodrigo 20 May 2022

Study: Breeding adaptations help tree frogs thrive in different climates

Malaka Rodrigo 18 May 2022

Newly described plant is latest fruit of Sri Lankan botanists’ collaboration

Malaka Rodrigo 10 May 2022

To gauge impact of nitrogen pollution, Sri Lanka project looks to lichens

Malaka Rodrigo 6 May 2022

Sri Lanka’s environmentalists brace for economic meltdown’s toll on nature

Malaka Rodrigo 3 May 2022

For Sri Lanka’s crows, following the trash is all part of the hustle

Malaka Rodrigo 27 Apr 2022

Shining a light on Sri Lanka’s little-studied pangolins: Q&A with Priyan Perera

Dilrukshi Handunnetti 24 Apr 2022

Sri Lanka grapples with the problem of its fishers plundering waters abroad

Malaka Rodrigo 14 Apr 2022

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