Muntasir Akash

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

Delicate yet purposeful, damselflies control insect populations, helping reduce mosquitoes and other pests naturally. Photos: Collected
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Observing dragonflies and damselflies in Bangladesh

According to Richard Lydekker, the Burmese subspecies of banteng once ranged across Mainland Southeast Asia and the Archipelago, with its northwestern limits extending into the Chittagong Hill Tracts. PHOTO: WIKIPEDIA
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Banteng’s vanishing act: Fact, fiction and forgotten wildlife

Photo: Collected
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Small bugs, big business: Bangladesh’s exotic invertebrates trade risks native species

Spotting tigers, missing links: What’s undermining tiger conservation in Bangladesh?
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Spotting tigers, missing links: What’s undermining tiger conservation in Bangladesh?

Leopard on a hill overlooking Mumbai. To what extent do we imagine human-wildlife coexistence in Bangladesh, if not the same? PHOTO: STEVE WINTER/NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC
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From image to inaction: The pitfalls of celebrating rare wildlife sightings in Bangladesh

The Green Peafowl was once a Hill Tracts resident. Photo: Collected
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Rewilding peafowls: Testing commitment, science and community engagement