Sayam U Chowdhury

At least five new birds were seen for the first time in Bangladesh between May 21 and 22 this year.

It’s quite an incredible feat to still have more than 600 species of birds in our country and with the increasing numbers of birdwatchers and wildlife photographers every year, many new species are being discovered or rediscovered.

We awoke before sunrise to the sound of rain and the smell of wet earth, slightly worried about the trail that we were taking for the

Cool morning air brushed against my face as I looked at the plains where countrymen were out on their fields--plowing, irrigating, or

A narrow 50-meter creek running along a muddy road next to our house was a passage for fish and other aquatic animals.

Unlike winter, monsoon is a quiet season for bird-watchers and travellers but the season holds its own beauty. For nature lovers, it's a

I remember my failed attempts to draw the convoluted coast of Bangladesh during art classes possibly 25 years ago.

Six years ago we were camping at Hail Haor in Moulvibazar's Sreemangal to study migratory passerine birds. Although our work involved watching birds early in the morning,

As the final light of the day hid behind the canopy, the first bat of the night unfolded its wings and the last bird of the day

Karim mama used to display bird feathers just across our school gate. He only had feathers of one kind -- long and spatula-

It was the end of July and the scorching sun was up above at midday. While Dhaka was still reeling from the July 1 tragedy, I

While we have failed to protect most of our forests in Bangladesh for complex reasons, Sundarbans firmly stands in the south with all its glory.

It was still dark when I woke up and went to the roof of our boat, which was docked at the heart of Pashur river. The crows

Almost tumbling down the damp and slimy slope, with thorny rattan snagging my arms, I struggled to keep my balance under

I could barely wait when I first heard that a pair of blue birds had temporarily made their home on the southernmost tip of our land. It might sound

It is common knowledge now that the Sundarbans is home to globally endangered species like the Bengal Tiger but it is news to most that our Sundarbans also supports critically endangered species like the River Terrapin or the endangered Fishing Cat. Both of these species are undergoing a sharp decline and disappeared from most of their ranges throughout Asia.

If you have been to Bandarban town, you have probably seen a sculpture of a massive bird with a large bill sitting proudly in

After a wonderful bus ride through the hills and along a wide stream dotted with rocks and gravels, we reached the Jungle Safari

The rivers that carry stories from the Himalayas silently spread their throbbing veins across the mangroves to take on new shapes and spirits - in the face of the old weather beaten man, in the starchy yellow sari of the newlywed, in the dreams of the ten-year-old and in the countless faces that live in the tide country.

Have you ever been to our hills, deep enough to know its real inhabitants? I suspect very few of us have been beyond the boundaries of the hill-towns.