Sri Lanka’s Kalametiya lagoon draws tourists to see native and migrant birds
HAMBANTOTA, Sri Lanka – Some 215 kilometers (130 miles) south of Colombo in the Hambantota district lies a unique, infrequently travelled, bird-watching location: Lunama and…
Recent seismic activity in Indian Ocean likely led pilot whales to beach on Sri Lanka shores
KALPITIYA: The Feb.11 beaching of 14 pilot whales in Kalpitiya, about 172 kilometers (107 miles) from the capital, Colombo, may have occurred due to the recent…
Shipping giant changes course to save Sri Lanka whales
COLOMBO: Animal rights activists on Friday (Sep 9) cheered a move by a shipping giant to alter course in Sri Lankan waters to avoid collisions…
In Sri Lanka, a wild cat thrives in the unlikely urban jungle of Colombo
COLOMBO: At his home in Thimbirigasyaya, a highly residential area in the heart of Sri Lanka’s commercial capital Colombo, Eshan Witana keeps expensive Japanese koi…
Sri Lanka’s zoo animals are having a pandemic baby boom
COLOMBO: To prevent the worst of Covid devastation, Sri Lanka imposed lockdowns and stopped flights from abroad for nearly a year, battering the economy and…
Sri Lanka goes virtual to promote wildlife tourism
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka will offer livestreams from the island nation’s wildlife parks, in a move to help revive a tourism industry that has been battered…
Elephant seal native to Antarctica spotted for first time in tropical Sri Lanka
COLOMBO, November 2019: Uthpala Adaranga, a ranger with Sri Lanka’s Department of Wildlife Conservation (DWC), was initially doubtful about the call he received of a…
Sri Lanka gets its first data-based elephant distribution map
SACRAMENTO: For a large, charismatic and endangered species such as the Asian elephant, you might think scientists would have figured out where they hang out…