The tiger population in the Sundarbans has increased by 11 since the last survey in 2018

THE HISTORIC HOWLERS … A majestic golden jackal strikes a pose after being spotted on the outskirts of Dhaka recently.

A monitor lizard crawling out of a crevice in the Beelpabla area of Khulna’s Dumuria. Called “Guisaap” in Bangla, these Bengal monitor lizards eat frogs, mice, fish, small animals and even snakes.

Two people have been killed in separate incidents of elephant attacks in Bairag union under Anwara upazila in Chattogram

A plum-headed parakeet glides across the sky, carrying a bunch of green sprouts.

Forest officials today successfully rescued an elephant which was seen in a video being brutally tortured by some individuals in Cumilla's Debidwar

Two streak-throated woodpeckers perched on a tree in Chattogram’s Karnaphuli, having a little chat.

The Forest Department is trying to rescue the elephant that was shown in a video being tortured by several people near the Fire Service and Civil Defence station in Cumilla's Daudkandi upazila

A female Baya weaver, locally known as Babui pakhi, inspecting a nest weaved by a male in the port city.

A male axis deer or spotted deer, locally known as Chittra horin, dashes through a waterbody in the Sundarbans. Known to be one of the gems of the Sundarbans, axis deer are beloved to all Bangladeshis,

A male pied kingfisher with his catch of the day, spotted recently in Gaibandha’s Gobindaganj upazila.

An Indian vagabond butterflyfish looking for food in the corals of the Bay of Bengal in Saint Martin’s Island.

A troop of rhesus macaques on the hunt for some food in a residential area in the capital’s Gulshan-2. Rhesus monkeys account for a large portion of the country’s urban wildlife.

A red muntjak or barking deer, locally known as “maya horin”, drinking from a watering hole at the Satchari National Park in Habiganj.

The incident happened as panic spread among locals over a widespread misinformation campaign against Russell's Viper

Environment ministry issues guidelines

An elephant in Thailand has delivered a rare set of twins in a dramatic birth that left a carer injured after he tried to rescue one of the newborns

The Forest Department has banned travel to the Sundarbans and fishing from all its rivers and canals for the next three months, starting tomorrow

A Nilgai, an Asian antelope native to South Asia, was found dead at a village in Birganj upazila of Dinajpur yesterday

An oriental garden lizard takes a sip of water from a drying puddle on the road in Jalma area of Khulna's Batiaghata upazila recently. Lizards are ectothermic, or "cold blooded" animals, which means they rely on the environment around them to regulate their body temperature, unlike mammals who can produce heat internally to stabalise their temperatures