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The Asian golden cat is an enigmatic medium-sized forest cat. It is Vulnerable in Bangladesh. Illustration: Tania Zakir

Camera-trap study reveals rare wild cat in northeastern Bangladesh

The spectacular discovery highlights that the forests of Habiganj and Moulvibazar are ideal candidates for a trans-border protected area complex. These habitats must not be altered by establishing...

Can we allow space for Indian pond heron in a rapidly changing urban landscape? Photo Credit: Muntasir Akash

Saving colonial waterbirds fosters human-wildlife coexistence

Bengal Monitor, a common monitor lizard of Bangladesh. Photo: Abu Bakar Siddik

Animals that are named after Bengal 

Nilgai in a wheat field in Central India. Photo: Mathew Joseph

Understanding the visiting nilgais of Bangladesh

Golden Jackal is fast disappearing from village forests. Photo: Rejaul Hafiz Rahi

Carnivore mammals of the homesteads: Forgotten and forsaken?

Bamboo Tree Brown, a butterfly with mimicking eyespots. Photo-Muntasir Akash.jpg

Breathtaking butterflies of Bangladesh

Representational image. Illustration: Collected

Tall killer wave: The 1958 Lituya Bay mega tsunami

Lathitila is a safe abode to many threatened species like this clouded leopard. The forest deserves to be a protected area, not a safari park. Photo: Wikimedia Commons

Safari park in Lathitila forest: Are we committing ecocide?

Scientists have long known that the waters surrounding Antarctica form a ‘distinct ecological region defined, by ocean currents and temperatures’. Photograph: British Antarctic Survey/Reuters

National Geographic recognises new Southern Ocean, bringing global total to five

A fishing cat caught by the villagers in Bhairab, Kishoreganj. Photo : Ashraful Haque

Human-wildlife conflict in Bangladesh: A burning issue that needs to be resolved

Smooth-coated Otter from Rajshahi. A smooth, shiny coat and arched back is the clue to identify this species. Photo: Shahad A Raju

Saving Bangladesh’s otters: A mission not too late to launch

Picture: REUTERS/Juan Carlos Ulate

There are about 50 billion birds in the world - study

Bengal Tiger. Photo taken in captivity. Photo: Samiul Mohsanin

Sundarbans: In pursuit of tigers