A British helicopter pilot was fatally shot by elephant poachers while flying an anti-poaching mission in Tanzania, a member of Parliament and a conservation fund said Saturday.Roger Gower was working with Tanzanian wildlife authorities when the poachers fired on his…
Holding the slogan ‘Pakh-Pakhali Desher Rotno, Ashun Kori Sobay Jotno’, Jahangirnagar Univeristy (JU) is going to organise the bird fair-2016 on February 5. Convener of the Fair Dr Md Kamrul Hasan said the fair is being organised with assistance from…
Mostafa Kamal Majumder Dhaka – To check human-animal conflict and illegal poaching of elephants along the India-Bangladesh border, the Union home ministry has cleared the decks for signing an agreement with Dhaka for creation of special corridors for the migration…
A seven-day International Waterbird Census covering 25-30 char areas of Bhola, Laxmipur, Noakhali and Patuakhali districts kicked off on Friday.A nine-member team of Bangladesh Bird Club (BBC), Nature Conservation Management (NACOM), and Prakity O Jibon Foundation.will carry out the counting…
At least 45 of 81 whales have died after stranding on a beach in the Indian southern state of Tamil Nadu. The short-finned pilot whales washed ashore on the beach of Tiruchendur, a small port city in Tamil Nadu’s Thoothukudi…
By Kara Segedin Well, that is the fairy-tale version of events, anyway. The more probable explanation is an insect in search of nutrients: in this case, sodium. These butterflies are in the middle of an extreme salt craving. Researcher Aaron…
STAFF REPORTER Speakers at a workshop yesterday said that Tk 50,000 crore investment will be required in the poultry sector by 2021 to meet the demand of eggs and chicken.
Two massive Emirates A380 jets take to the skies last week, wearing special livery in support of United for Wildlife, a global collaboration that unites the efforts of the world’s leading wildlife charities in the fight against the illegal wildlife…
A monkey that sneezes when it rains and a “walking” fish are among more than 200 species discovered in the fragile eastern Himalayas in recent years, according to conservation group WWF. WWF has compiled a survey of wildlife discovered by…
The Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) on Thursday arrested one person and recovered around 5,000 rare species of turtles from city’s Uttar Ashkona area under Dakshin Khan police station tonight. The arrested man was Jasim Uddin Ahmed, 45.
Rising temperatures at the top of the world may be bad news for Arctic denizens like polar bears, but good news for the local mosquitoes, pesky bloodsuckers that prosper with warmer weather. Researchers said on Tuesday that increasing temperatures were…
A mobile court on Friday sentenced three people simple jail ranging from 3 to 9 months on charge of being involved involved in selling turtles in the city’s Shakhari bazaar area. A Rab-10 team along with executive magistrate Md Sarwar…
The Forest Department has recovered four maunds (about 160 kgs) of turtle of different species from the Sankhari Bazar area in the capital early Friday.
Police seized 49 rare species of turtles from Azampur kitchen market area of Dakkhin Khan in the city on Wednesday afternoon. Police also arrested two people in connection with the incident.
Better counting methodology has revealed more realistic results for the remaining tiger population in Bangladesh’s Sundarbans. And the numbers are far from good: Only around 100 of the big cats still stalk the forests. The numbers of tigers that populate…
Mostafa Kamal Majumder The death of another wild elephant in Sherpur on Tuesday is an alarm signal, because this is the third wild elephant killed in a couple of months. Earlier two elephants were killed in the Cox’s Bazar area.…
An indigenous man was killed in an attack by a herd of wild elephants at Gandhigaon village in Jhenigati upazila on Friday night. The deceased was identified as Chandrashekhar Cooch, 35, a farmer of the village. Quoting witnesses, police said…
Six suspected tiger poachers have been shot dead in a gunfight with Bangladeshi police at a hideout in the world’s largest mangrove forest. Police seized three tiger pelts which they said were from animals that appeared to be freshly killed.…
By Dr. Rosie Cooney Gland, Switzerland (IPS) – Cecil the lion, a magnificent senior male, much loved and part of a long-term research project, was lured out of a safe haven in Zimbabwe’s Hwange National Park last week and apparently…
Amid the growing concern over the rapid fall in the tiger population in the Sundarbans following a recent census report, Environment and Forests Minister Anwar Hossain Manju on Thursday said there is no possibility of disappearance of the big cats…
The World Tiger Day will be celebrated across the country on Wednesday, aiming to build awareness across the globe to save the remaining population of the majestic big cat from extinction. The global population of tiger, which is also popularly…
The number of tigers in the Sundarbans, the world’s largest mangrove forest, has decreased drastically, with only around 100 to be found in the Bangladeshi part, says a new survey.The survey by Bangladesh’s forest department, with technical support from the…
Lou Del Bello Amphibians, such as frogs, are globally threatened. Over the past four decades, many tropical species have begun to disappear from intact natural habitats. In the 1980s alone, for example, 40 per cent of Costa Rica’s amphibians disappeared.…
Bangladesh has only about 100 tigers living in the world’s largest mangrove forest, far fewer of the endangered animals than previously thought, following a recent survey, a top forestry official said Monday. Some 440 tigers were recorded during the previous…
A critically endangered brow-antlered deer found in the world’s only floating wildlife park in Manipur may soon lose its habitat. Imagine being a large mammal confined to an area of just 10 sq km. Imagine surviving genetic experiments, floods, encroachments,…
Wild kangaroos tend to favour their left hands during common tasks like grooming and feeding, a study suggests. The researchers say this is the first demonstration of population-level “handedness” in a species other than humans, who are mostly right-handed. The…
Ministry of Environment and Forests of Bangladesh has selected Prof Monirul Hasan Khan of Zoology department of Jahangirnagar University (JU) for ‘Wildlife preservation Bangabandhu award-2015’. Last June 01 the ministry circulate the information by a gegeate, says a press realease…
The state government of Victoria may soon cull a colony of koalas living in a popular Australian tourist destination. The Victorian government euthanised about 700 koalas at Cape Otway in the state’s south, in 2013 and 2014. It said they…
Three people, including two women, were killed as an elephant of a circus troupe attacked three villages of Mollahat and Sadar upazilas on Saturday morning. The deceased were identified as Mizanur Rahman,35, son of Ful Miah, a resident of Bashabari…
South Africa has lost 393 rhinos this year, despite intensified efforts to protect the endangered animal from poaching, according to official data.The Kruger National Park (KNP), one of Africa’s biggest game reserves in north-eastern South Africa, continued to bear the…