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In untangling a taxonomic web, Sri Lankan researchers describe seven new jumping spiders

Malaka Rodrigo 13 Jan 2022

Burnt pellets complicate impact of plastic spill off Sri Lanka, study finds

Malaka Rodrigo 30 Dec 2021

New study reveals globe-trotting pedigree of South Asian songbirds

Malaka Rodrigo 29 Nov 2021

Jaw bombs, the deadliest threat to Sri Lanka’s elephants, are scaling up

Malaka Rodrigo 19 Nov 2021

Follow the butterfly: Rediscovery of ‘extinct’ plants highlights Sri Lanka’s new red list

Malaka Rodrigo 12 Oct 2021

Forest fragmentation split up this lizard’s population. It’s no longer the same

Malaka Rodrigo 23 Sep 2021

Seaweed farming offers a boost for Sri Lanka’s ‘blue economy’ ambitions

Dennis Mombauer 13 Sep 2021

Sri Lanka tagging program traces little-known paths of migratory birds

Malaka Rodrigo 6 Sep 2021

A ‘sleeping beauty’ awakens to join Sri Lanka’s list of endemic plants

Malaka Rodrigo 26 Aug 2021

X-Press Pearl sinking shines a light on seafood safety in Sri Lanka

Malaka Rodrigo 17 Aug 2021

In Sri Lanka, biologists and divers build a Facebook for sea turtles

Malaka Rodrigo 13 Aug 2021

On World Elephant Day (and every day) humans should stay away from wildlife (commentary)

Shermin de Silva 11 Aug 2021

Next stop, the sea: Sri Lanka’s old buses are a new home for marine life

Malaka Rodrigo 21 Jul 2021

Tallying the toll on marine life from the X-Press Pearl sinking (commentary)

Ranil P. Nanayakkara 17 Jul 2021

Dugong deaths in Sri Lanka lend urgency to calls for stronger protections

Malaka Rodrigo 12 Jul 2021

Sri Lanka seeks peace with pachyderms as human-elephant conflicts escalate

Malaka Rodrigo 10 Jul 2021

‘Abnormally high’ turtle deaths after acid-laden ship sinks off Sri Lanka

Malaka Rodrigo 4 Jul 2021

Sri Lanka banks on the ocean to chart a green path toward a blue economy

Dennis Mombauer 28 Jun 2021

Sri Lanka zoo lion contracts COVID-19 as reports of animal infections rise

Malaka Rodrigo 25 Jun 2021

Sri Lankans find a digital helping hand for baby birds fallen from nests

Malaka Rodrigo 20 Jun 2021

Slick caught on satellite image around sunken ship not fuel oil, Sri Lanka says

Malaka Rodrigo 19 Jun 2021

Sri Lanka braces for fallout of sunken cargo ship’s toxic payload

Dennis Mombauer 16 Jun 2021

No oil spill reported, but Sri Lanka braces for worst after X-Press Pearl sinks

Malaka Rodrigo 9 Jun 2021

With fire contained, Sri Lanka faces plastic pellet problem from stricken ship

Malaka Rodrigo 31 May 2021

Genetic diversity of Sri Lanka’s ‘spa fish’ highlights need for informed conservation

Malaka Rodrigo 25 May 2021

In Sri Lanka, here be dragonflies and damselflies like nowhere else (Commentary)

Amila Prasanna Sumanapala 18 May 2021

Sri Lanka to ban palm oil imports, raze plantations over environmental concerns

Malaka Rodrigo 9 May 2021

Death of a Sri Lankan icon highlights surge in elephant electrocutions

Malaka Rodrigo 30 Apr 2021

Farmers move to occupy a critical elephant corridor in Sri Lanka

Malaka Rodrigo 13 Apr 2021

Managing risk: How Sri Lankan farmers address climate threats

Dennis Mombauer 24 Mar 2021

Hope blooms for an ‘extinct’ Sri Lankan tree that reemerged under threat

Malaka Rodrigo 18 Mar 2021

Sri Lanka’s budding biologists get their science on with iNaturalist

Malaka Rodrigo 11 Mar 2021

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