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It's not difficult to see why this lizard is one of the five species in Sri Lanka commonly known as 'horn–nosed lizards'. Each of the five species has a different shaped horn and I bet you can tell ...
The most common species, found in sub-Saharan Africa, known for its distinctive golden coat with dark spots. A smaller ...
COLOMBO — In December 2024, Sri Lanka’s newly appointed minister ... he worries that the unchecked rise of these crop-raiding species could reduce native wildlife and create an imbalance ...
Students from The Overseas School of Colombo roll up their sleeves to revive degraded land near Sri Lanka’s most iconic ...
In a rare and a prestigious honour in the world of biological sciences, a newly discovered species of bronzeback snake has been named after one of Sri Lanka’s foremost herpetologists, Dr. A. A. Thasun ...
As students in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad protested the felling of a forested area for development, footage of a ...
While native plant species like Ran Dothalu continue to decline in Sri Lanka, a non-native ornamental palm is rapidly spreading through the country’s southwestern rainforests, posing a threat to ...
The chance of an elephant having twins is around 1%, according to the Society for the Protection of Animals Abroad. 7,500 elephants live in Sri Lanka, per official reports. Wild Deer with Bizarre ...