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From near extinction to commercial cultivation: Native fish makes a comeback in Bangladesh

Research began in the early 2000s with artificial breeding experiments on species such as pabda and gulsh

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

Disappearing mud crabs and the quiet collapse of Sundarbans creeks

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

Banteng’s vanishing act: Fact, fiction and forgotten wildlife

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Are Ghoria, Chandrabati rivers in Bogura really 'missing'?

A rendering of a woolly mammoth. Photo: Bloomberg

5 extinct species that could make a comeback

Reef fish swim above recovering coral colonies on the Great Barrier Reef off the coast of Cairns, Australia 25 October 2019. Reuters/Lucas Jackson

Nearly half of tropical coral species face extinction: Report

Representational image of plants. Photo: Collected

7 plant species become extinct in Bangladesh: Plant Red List

Ginkgo trees are among the species at risk of extinction, according to a new report. File Photo: PATRICK HERTZOG / AFP

One in three tree species worldwide at risk of extinction: Report

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AI could pose ‘extinction-level’ threat to humans: Report

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The largest great ape to ever live went extinct because of climate change, study finds

Mugger crocodiles are among the most docile crocodile species. Considered extinct, one was ‘rescued’ near Pabna in 2018, after 50 years. But rescued from what? PHOTO: MUNTASIR AKASH

'Successfully rescued' or 'forcefully removed'? Reclaiming Bangladesh’s rivers prove difficult for crocodilians

Marbled cats are evolutionarily connected to large cats. Photo: Collected

Understanding the marbled cat: Asia’s most arboreal feline

Our failure to prevent curious onlookers from gathering around the herds is a hindrance to mitigating human-elephant conflict. Photo: Mohammed Mostafa Feeroz

Bleak and desolate? The future of elephants in northern Bangladesh