Water crisis hits Lawachhara wildlife hard

Winter is a difficult time for animals that reside in Moulvibazar’s Lawachara rain forest. As its streams run dry, quite rapidly, at the onset of the cold season, its diverse range of inhabitants don’t have an option but to look for water elsewhere.
20 November 2021, 18:00 PM

Elephant calf killed by electrocution

An elephant calf was killed by electrocution in Sherpur’s Nalitabari early yesterday. 
19 November 2021, 18:00 PM

JU students stage puppet show, protesting killing of elephants

Jahangirnagar University’s (JU) Deep Ecology and Snake Rescue Foundation organised a human chain and a puppet show to protest the country's continuous elephant killings.
17 November 2021, 11:59 AM

Six elephants killed in eight days

The killing spree of Asian elephants continues.
13 November 2021, 18:00 PM

Man dies in elephant attack in Chattogram

A man died in elephant attack in Podua union of Chattogram's Rangunia upazila this evening.
13 November 2021, 17:22 PM

Amusing Bird Behaviour

Birds do funny things sometimes.
22 October 2021, 18:00 PM

2 poachers held with deer hides in Bagerhat

Members of Rapid Action Battalion said they arrested two poachers with hides of 18 deer from a market in Bagerhat Sadar upazila.
15 October 2021, 18:10 PM

Another dead dolphin found in Halda River

Chattogram’s river police recovered another dead dolphin from Ramdas Munsir Hat area under Hathazari upazila, along the Halda river, this morning. Only three days earlier, corpse of a dolphin was recovered from the same spot.
4 October 2021, 09:38 AM

White lion dies in Gazipur safari park

A white lion has died at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Safari Park in Gazipur.
25 September 2021, 10:57 AM

Dolphin washes ashore on Kuakata beach

A dolphin washed ashore on Kuakata beach in Patuakhali today.
23 September 2021, 16:04 PM

Dolphin found dead in Teesta

A dolphin was found dead in the Teesta river in Rangpur’s Kaunia upazila yesterday. Mahbubul Alam, assistant fisheries official, said some fishers found the dolphin while catching fish in the river in the morning. Later, they informed police and fisheries officials.
14 September 2021, 18:00 PM

Good news for gibbons

Gibbons are one of the most critically endangered primates in Bangladesh. Though once a prominent species, their numbers have dwindled due to continued loss of habitat and hunting.
12 September 2021, 18:00 PM

Dolphins washing ashore dead: Fishing nets at fault?

French naval officer, explorer and conservationist Jacques-Yves Cousteau was not wrong when he said, “The happiness of the bee and the dolphin is to exist. For man it is to know that and to wonder at it.”
10 September 2021, 18:00 PM

G is for Goshawk

I read a book about goshawks long before I saw one. A Northern Goshawk is the star of H is for Hawk by Helen MacDonald. It is the riveting true story of the author training her newly acquired goshawk, and how her relationship with this wild bird of prey enabled her to cope with severe depression and emotional crisis following her father’s death.
10 September 2021, 18:00 PM

Tk 3 crore lawsuit filed against RMCH authority for killing birds

The wildlife management and nature conservation division of Forest Department filed a Tk 3 crore compensation case against authorities of Rajshahi Medical College and Hospital (RMCH) for destroying the environment by killing birds in its premises.
10 September 2021, 17:39 PM

Dolphin found dead near abandoned ship

A dead dolphin with injury marks was found near an abandoned ship at Chattogram’s Parki beach on Friday afternoon.
4 September 2021, 18:00 PM

Body of giant whale washes up on Teknaf sea-shore

Partially decomposed corpse of a giant whale floated on the shores of Teknaf in Cox's Bazar last night.
28 August 2021, 06:44 AM

Dead river dolphin washes ashore Karnaphuli river bank

A dead river dolphin (Platanista gangetica) washed ashore Karnaphuli river bank along Hamidchor area of the port city today.
1 August 2021, 11:23 AM

Human-animal conflict: Nilgai dies in Thakurgaon after being chased by locals

​​​​​​​A Nilgai, the largest antelope in Asia, died after locals chased it at Muktarbasti village in Thakurgaon’s Ranishankoil upazila yesterday afternoon.
2 July 2021, 18:02 PM

Elephants in India tested for coronavirus after rare lion's death

Twenty-eight elephants have been tested for Covid-19 at a forest reserve in southern India, officials said on Wednesday (June 9), after the reported death of a rare Asiatic lion from the virus.
9 June 2021, 12:17 PM