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Wildlife86 dolphins found dead in Mozambique
Dolphins had already been discovered dead on Sunday at the same location, and total of 111 marine mammals have been found by the authorities
‘Landmark initiative’ as Bangladesh first to ban vulture-toxic drugs
Ornithologists said this is a landmark initiative to save the small remaining population of Asia’s globally threatened vultures -- an example for others like India, Pakistan, Nepal and Cambodia to ...
Bangladesh bans cattle painkiller to save vultures
Bangladesh has banned a painkiller used widely by farmers to treat cattle in an effort to save the country’s vultures from extinction, the government said
Roadsides too noisy for birds to think, crickets to mate
Vehicle traffic makes it much harder for at least one species of bird to solve problems, and sharply compromises the ability of some crickets to mate
Silent cry of the wetlands
Bangladesh's wetlands, the home of a wide variety of flora and fauna, are threatened and urgently need protection
Century-old tree in Bagherpara
Everyone calls it stranger tree (‘achin gach’). Though people don’t know the actual name of the tree but it has turned into a 'tree of wishes’
Rare firethroat bird
Tanguar Haor has always been in the news because of various migratory birds. It is the favourite location of bird-watchers in winter.
200 turtles recovered from bus in Magura
Police recovered 200 turtles, packed inside four sacks in the luggage box of a local bus in Magura
Wildlife
Pathways damaged, elephants being killed
There were 500 elephants in the country at the end of the last century. The number was 263 in 2019. About 55 per cent of the elephants are in Cox’s Bazar
Endangered masked finfoot of the Sundarbans
The masked finfoot, a rare bird on the brink of extinction, can be found in the Sundarbans. A sancturary in the forest could help in the bird's breeding and survival.
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