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The Emerald Cuckoo, a summer breeder in Bangladesh, develops metallic green plumage in males. The coloration comes with a mixture of gold and cobalt iridescence.

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Chasing two Cuckoos that read my mind

The Vanishing Jungle revisited: Wildlife, history, and conservation in Bangladesh

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The Vanishing Jungle revisited: Wildlife, history, and conservation in Bangladesh

A black-legged kittiwake on its ledge nest. Unlike most gulls, kittiwakes have evolved so thoroughly for open ocean life. Photos: Muntasir Akash

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Birds that belong to no shore

War and wildlife: How conflict mediates extinction

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War and wildlife: How conflict mediates extinction

The mouse-deer in Bangladesh: confirmed nowhere, rumoured everywhere

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The mouse-deer in Bangladesh: confirmed nowhere, rumoured everywhere

Where have Dhaka's crows gone?

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Where have Dhaka's crows gone?

Freshly harvested mud crabs, increasingly collected for fattening operations that rely entirely on wild capture rather than breeding. Photo: Collected

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Disappearing mud crabs and the quiet collapse of Sundarbans creeks

The mahseer question: Saving a fish, saving the river

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The mahseer question: Saving a fish, saving the river

The forgotten rhinos that once roamed the Bengal floodplain

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The forgotten rhinos that once roamed the Bengal floodplain

A wild fishing cat pauses at the edge of an urban wetland — a rare survivor in Dhaka’s shrinking marshes. Photo: Almas Zaman

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The last of them: Mammals in Dhaka’s ever-expanding urban sprawl

An around 160 kg baghair caught in the Shurma River and displayed in a market in Sylhet. Photos: Collected

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Baghair: The vanishing kings of our rivers

The mighty electric eel, South America’s living battery, can unleash jolts strong enough to stun a human. Photos: Collected

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The secret language of electric fish

Alocasia ‘frydek’ flaunts dark, shield-like leaves tattooed with white thunderbolt venations.

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Alocasia: Elephant’s Ear in the Garden