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Wild elephant found dead in Bandarban lake

A wild elephant has been found dead in Bandarban after it drowned in a lake, a forest official says.
18 April 2019, 12:23 PM

One of world’s rarest turtles dies

The only known female member of one of the world's rarest turtle species has died at a zoo in southern China, officials said Sunday.
15 April 2019, 10:25 AM

Record 17-foot long python captured in Florida

The female snake is longer than a one-story building is high, and weighs 140 pounds (64 kilograms).
8 April 2019, 10:02 AM

Protect vultures from extinction in S Asia: experts

Experts have stressed the need for strengthening regional cooperation to protect vultures from extinction in South Asia.
4 April 2019, 06:48 AM

Unfroggetable: Endangered Bolivian amphibians get long-awaited first date

The fate of an endangered aquatic frog species may just rest on this love story.
3 April 2019, 09:27 AM

40 smuggled parrots rescued in Panchagarh

Forest officials rescues forty parrots during a smuggling bust in Panchagarh town.
29 March 2019, 13:24 PM

Climate change forces Arctic animals to shift feeding habits

Seals and whales in the Arctic are shifting their feeding patterns as climate change alters their habitats, and the way they do so may determine whether they survive, a new study has found.
6 March 2019, 08:15 AM

The real 'Jaws': Great white shark's genetic secrets revealed

Scientists say they have decoded the genome of Earth's largest predatory fish, detecting numerous genetic traits that help explain its remarkable evolutionary success.
19 February 2019, 04:57 AM

Hong Kong snares record haul of rhino horns from South Africa

Hong Kong customs seize a record 40 kg (88 pounds) of rhino horns worth around HK$8 million ($1 million) from Johannesburg en route to Vietnam, the latest bust for authorities trying to tackle the rising volume of endangered species trafficked through the Chinese territory.
15 February 2019, 07:08 AM

Elephants face 'time bomb' in Bangladesh

Standing atop an elephant watch-tower on the outskirts of the sprawling Rohingya refugee settlement in Cox's Bazar, Nur Islam takes great pride in keeping his people safe.
7 February 2019, 18:00 PM

Leopard cub found inside passenger’s bag at Chennai airport

A month-old leopard cub is found inside the luggage of a passenger who flew into Chennai from Bangkok on a Thai Airways Flight on Saturday.
3 February 2019, 05:35 AM

Poachers poison 300 ducks in Moulvibazar

About 300 ducks die in poison traps set for migratory birds in Moulvibazar’s Barlekha.
1 February 2019, 12:01 PM

10 get jail for catching wild birds for sale in Dhaka

A mobile court sends 10 people to jail for different terms for catching wild birds with net and selling them and two others for producing poultry feed with leather wastes from tanneries which were treated with toxic chemicals.
20 January 2019, 15:57 PM

Sperm whale found dead in Indonesia with 6kg of plastic trash in stomach

A sperm whale found dead in a national park in Indonesia had nearly six kilogrammes (13.2 lbs) of plastic waste, including 115 cups, in its stomach, park officials say.
22 November 2018, 05:05 AM

10-day long dolphin fair kicks off in Khulna

A ten-day long dolphin fair kicks off in Khulna with a call to take tangible steps to protect freshwater dolphins in the Sundarbans.
4 November 2018, 08:52 AM

Wildlife declined 60pc in 44 years

Unbridled consumption has decimated global wildlife, triggered a mass extinction and exhausted Earth's capacity to accommodate humanity's expanding appetites, the conservation group WWF warned yesterday.
30 October 2018, 18:00 PM

Conservationists alarmed as China eases ban on tiger and rhino parts

China unveils new rules that would allow the use of rhino horn and tiger parts for some medical and cultural purposes, watering down a decades-old ban in a move conservation group WWF says could have "devastating consequences".
30 October 2018, 03:27 AM

Bangladesh among 'best value travel destinations'

Bangladesh ranked seventh in the Lonely Planet's Top 10 “Best Value” travel destinations for 2019, which showcased the top ten places for affordable adventures, UNB reports.
24 October 2018, 18:00 PM

Tiger population doubles in Nepal

Nepal's wild tiger population has nearly doubled over the last nine years, officials said yesterday, in a victory for the impoverished
24 September 2018, 18:00 PM

Canadian crabs with bad attitude threaten coastal ecosystem

Canadians are known as friendly folks, but these crabby brutes migrating from Canadian waters are better suited for the hockey rink.
19 September 2018, 04:41 AM