Wild Life
NATURE QUEST / ON THE VERGE OF VANISHING!
A northern pig-tailed macaque spotted in Satchari National Park in Habiganj.
Nature Quest / SQUIRRELING ABOUT...
SQUIRRELING ABOUT... An orange-bellied Himalayan squirrel spotted while tree-hopping in the Rangamati’s Kaptai National Park. The striking rodent is found in Bangladesh, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal and Bhutan.
OUR GENTLE GIANTS
Two Asian elephants, the largest living land mammal in Asia, cozy up to each other while taking a stroll on a grassland in Sherpur.
Elephant found dead in Sherpur
A wild elephant was found dead in Batkuchi Tilapara area of Madhutila Eco Park near Nalitabari border in Sherpur on Thursday night.
Nature Quest / 'PAKHIR GRAM'
The Ashurhat village in Jhenaidah’s Shailkupa upazila has become a haven for Asian Openbill Storks,
Fluttering Darkness
A male Great Mormon butterfly takes a break from fluttering about in the Hajarikhil Wildlife Sanctuary in Fatikchhari.
Nature Quest
PERILS OF PLASTIC... A torn up plastic bag floats over the coral reef a few feet under the Bay of Bengal in Saint Martin’s Island.
The little greats
Two baby great egrets, properly known as egretlets, excitedly flapping their wings at the sight of their mother (not in photo) coming back with some food for them.
Bridging the fragmented forests
Due to the Dhaka-Sylhet railway and Srimangal-Bhanugach road running through the reserve forest of Lawachhara, many of the critically endangered species have died in accidents while crossing them.
Nijhum Dwip submerged in “high tide”, deer being washed away
Nijhum Dwip union and national park of Noakhali’s Hatiya Upazila have been submerged due to rising water from an “unusually high tide” in Meghna.
World’s largest recorded freshwater fish caught in Cambodia
The world’s largest recorded freshwater fish, a giant stingray, has been caught in the Mekong River in Cambodia, according to scientists from the Southeast Asian nation and the United States.
12-ft-long python rescued in Bagerhat
A python was rescued from a pen housing ducks and swans in Bagerhat's Sarankhola upazila this morning.
Fishermen, visitors barred from Sundarbans for 3 months from June 1
The Forest Department has barred fishermen and visitors from entering the Sundarbans from June 1 to August 31.
Villagers panic after tiger seen in fish enclosure at Bagerhat’s Sharankhola
Residents of Khejurbaria village, in Sharankhola upazila of Bagerhat, are panicked after a Royal Bengal Tiger was seen inside a fish enclosure last night.
Elephant on the loose!
Residents of Gaibandha Sadar upazila’s Tinmail started their morning with a rare and peculiar scene yesterday.
200 cameras to count big cats
Tiger census in the Sundarbans is set to start this October. Under the “Sundarbans Tiger Conservation Project”, the census will employ the “camera trapping method” and cost around Tk 3.27 crore.
Tiger Census in Sundarbans: Over 200 cameras to be installed
The government is going to undertake a major survey to assess the animals that Bengal tigers prey on in the Sundarbans and also monitor the current situation of the habitat under a new project of the forest department.
Python, fishing cat rescued in Chattogram
A Burmese python was rescued from Chittagong University (CU) campus and a fishing cat was rescued from Hathazari upazila in Chattogram today.