In July 2023, heavy rains continued in southern Sri Lanka for days, soaking the lush greenery of the village of Hapugala in ...

By Malaka Rodrigo COLOMBO – Ella, one of Sri Lanka’s most popular tourist destinations, draws scores of foreign visitors who ...

While the Indian Marsh Crocodile thrives in freshwater environments such as rivers, lakes, ponds, and marshes, it can also ...

Now, a few of those species remain in the management area so researchers can study how exotics interact with native wildlife ...

Kelani Valley Plantations PLC (KVPL) recently announced a significant expansion of its Kelani Valley Protectors Initiative (KVPI), a ground-breaking environmental conservation program aimed at ...

Bosses at Edinburgh Zoo are currently working hard to create a new habitat as they prepare to welcome sloth bears to the ...

“Visitors will be able to get up close to this amazing species, who are known for being particularly noisy. “Their snuffling and snorting sounds can be heard from 100 metres away.” Sloth bears are ...

Sri Lanka carried out a nationwide census Saturday of nuisance wildlife, including monkeys and peacocks, in a bid to prepare ...

Sloth bears are native to India and Sri Lanka and are listed as "vulnerable" on the International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List of Threatened Species. The bears face major threats ...

Sri Lanka’s agriculture suffers significant ... he worries that the unchecked rise of these crop-raiding species could reduce native wildlife and create an imbalance in his environment.