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In Sri Lanka, the sweet smell of agarwood draws calls for trade protection

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

Bid for greater protection of star tortoise, a trafficking mainstay

Sri Lanka pushes for protection of sea cucumbers amid overexploitation

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

India pushes for its largest ever hydropower project despite concerns

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

Rattled by sardine stock crash, India begins regulating its fisheries

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

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

Chance rescue turns out to be first record of elusive tortoise species in India

Casualty of peace? Study shows rise in deforestation after conflicts

In India’s Sundarbans, communities shrink as their island sinks

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

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

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

Great Indian bustard eggs being collected to kick-start captive breeding

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

All that glitters: Cameras spot Asian golden cat in more than one shade

Homestay programs in Nepal’s rhino hub hold promise and pitfalls for locals

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

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

For Sri Lanka villagers, monkey business feeds off human actions

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

For India’s imperiled apes, thinking locally matters

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

An urban ‘butterfly experience’ in Sri Lanka

Meet the new species of venomous pit viper described from India

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

Sri Lanka calls for increased protection for endemic lizards

A fishy translocation highlights dangers of ‘taxonomic inflation’

No rhino census this year as Nepal runs short of funds for survey

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