Wild Life
Nature Quest / Feathers in duality
A male pied kingfisher with his catch of the day, spotted recently in Gaibandha’s Gobindaganj upazila.
Nature Quest / The Finned Vagabond
An Indian vagabond butterflyfish looking for food in the corals of the Bay of Bengal in Saint Martin’s Island.
Nature Quest: Life in the city
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.
Nature quest / Oh, my deer!
A red muntjak or barking deer, locally known as “maya horin”, drinking from a watering hole at the Satchari National Park in Habiganj.
Mistaken as Russell’s Viper, python beaten to death in Ctg
The incident happened as panic spread among locals over a widespread misinformation campaign against Russell's Viper
Rare elephant twins born in dramatic birth in Thailand
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
Travelling, fishing in the Sundarbans banned from tomorrow
The Forest Department has banned travel to the Sundarbans and fishing from all its rivers and canals for the next three months, starting tomorrow
Nilgai found dead in Dinajpur
A Nilgai, an Asian antelope native to South Asia, was found dead at a village in Birganj upazila of Dinajpur yesterday
Nature quest: Too hot for the cold blooded
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
Nature Quest: A fairy 'tail' from paradise
An adult male Indian paradise flycatcher spotted among the greenery in Salampur of Natore's Lalpur upazila. This magnificent looking bird is native to the Indian subcontinent, central Asia, and Myanmar
Elephant lying dead on highway died of liver dysfunction: surgeon
An elephant that was found lying dead on the side of a highway in Rajendrapur Bhawal National Park area of Gazipur, died of liver dysfunction, said a veterinary surgeon
25kg venison seized in Barguna
Coast Guard has recovered 25kg venison from Barguna's Patharghata upazila yesterday
Two endangered bear cubs rescued; 1 held
Police in Bandarban rescued two endangered bear cubs from Alikadam upazila and arrested a wildlife smuggler in the process
Giants of the Sundarbans
A saltwater crocodile was spotted roaming the Sundarbans recently. Native to saltwater habitats, brackish wetlands, and freshwater rivers, saltwater crocodiles are known as the largest living reptiles in the world
Man dies in elephant attack in Ctg
A man was killed in an attack by elephant in Pukuria area under Banskhali upazila of Chattogram this afternoon
India's leopard population 13,874 in 2022; yearly growth 1.08pc since 2018: latest census
India's leopard population was estimated to be 13,874 in 2022, marking a marginal growth of 1.08 percent annually since 2018 when the count was pegged at 12,852, according to the latest census of the animal released today
