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Stitching together a love for needlework and the wilds
The joy of needlework as a hobby never left Samanthi Gamage. She also loves wildlife and so she began stitching images of birds, bears, trees and much more. Samanthi will now showcase her work at...
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Pollution hotspots along Kelani mapped
Communities trained as monitors to prevent another oil spill disaster Waste on the river bank All the main pollution sources along the Kelani River have been mapped by the Environmental Foundation...
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Don’t trash nature’s gifts, wildlife experts plead
Birds; victims of careless garbage dumping by us humans. Pix by Sumith Bandara Reckless disposal of garbage in our localities can put precious bird life in peril as two recent incidents...
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Mini-hydro’s power bulldozes Athwelthota ecology concerns
Environmentalists say yet another mini-hydro power project approved this week overlooks the irreparable damage being done to ecologically-sensitive areas in the country.But enviromental authorities...
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Curious humans take upside down view of orange-hued flyer
Beauty becomes a curse – a painted bat becomes a public attraction in Eppawala, Madiyawa 2012 – pure harrasment to the little creature (c) Internet An attractive bat that is rearely seen, is best left...
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Whiskered native – handle with care
New Catfish Mystus nanus In this season of giving, scientists studying biodiversity at the University of Peradeniya have offered Sri Lanka a gift that generations will want to remember – two new...
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Yala elephant gulps tourist’s bag with money and travel docs
December 2012: Gemunu looking for food Gemunu, Yala National park’s iconic tusker has a bad habit of stealing food from visitors. What initially started off as begging for food, with time Gemunu...
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Time ticks by for tragic painted-snipe chicks
Wild and free – time in the outdoors for the orphaned chicks. Published on SundayTimes on 25.12.2016 http://www.sundaytimes.lk/161225/news/time-ticks-by-for-tragic-painted-snipe-chicks-221787.html...
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Tsunami alarm network makes island feel safe than sorry
Prof. Samantha Hettiarachchi Sri Lanka will never be fully protected from a tsunami, but at least people can feel safer than in 2004, when 36,000 Sri Lankans who perished had not been warned even...
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The slithery unwelcome stranger and a pipe snake that escaped death
The Pipe Snake rescued from Deniyaya. Pic by Minuwan Shri Premasinghe Holidaymakers in Nuwara Eliya this season were in for a rude shock when a strange slithery visitor was spotted at the iconic Lake...
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Projects endanger remaining forest cover
Forestry officials responding to recent reports of large-scale destruction of land in Wilpattu National Park deny such damage, while environmentalists charge that deforestation is widespread in the...
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Sri Lankan elephant families don’t have a dominant figure, study finds
Dominant behaviour: Trunk-over dominance gesture between two adult female elephants. The accepted norm is that elephant society comprises distinct family units dominated by the oldest female, or...
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Spear-fishing threatens Giant Coral Fish
Images showing large Hump-head Wrasse (which is about 4.5ft) speared at Unawatuna raised concerns again whether spearfishing has to be banned. The Hump-head Wrasse is categorized as ‘Endangered’ and...
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Drones – a handy tool in trained, trusted hands
A drone being prepared for a habitat mapping operation. When police seized a drone that recorded the Hambantota port protests last week, it renewed the debate on whether to welcome this ‘new kid on...
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Minneriya gathering may turn sour for elephants
At Moragahakanda, a dam was built at Elahara across the Amban Ganga to create a reservoir. A second dam will be built at Pallegama in Matale across Kalu Ganga to create the Kalu Ganga reservoir....
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Angry villagers rattle weak-kneed regulator over mini-hydro disasters
Villagers troubled by the damage to the environment caused by mini-hydro power projects joined environment groups on Monday to take their anger to the doorsteps of the Central Environment Authority....
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Humphead wrasse killing stirs calls for protection and spearfishing ban
Declare the endangered humphead wrasse as a protected species in Sri Lanka and ban spearfishing, researchers of aquatic resources, diving groups and conservationists demand. An environment lawyer says...
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Save Kirala Kele, a cry from environmentalists
In December, a Baillon’s Crake a rare migratory bird to Sri Lanka was spotted in Kirala kele (c) senehas karunarathna With World Wetland Day being celebrated on Thursday (February 2) bird lovers here...
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Bees halt cricket second time for Sri Lanka
Published on SundayTimes on 12.02.2017 http://www.sundaytimes.lk/170212/news/honey-bees-are-not-aggressive-says-expert-228184.html South Africa contested against Sri Lanka in the third one-day...
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Alarm bells ring for popular reef fish
A beautiful parrotfish photographed in Colombo. Pic by Dharshana Jayawardena Sri Lanka will need to protect its overexploited coral reef fish which are rapidly becoming rarer, conservationists...
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