extinction

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
Earth

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

Extinction is tragic, but erasing a species’ history is a different kind of loss — one that undermines both our understanding of biodiversity and our ability to learn from the past

Infographic: TBS
Environment

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

A rendering of a woolly mammoth. Photo: Bloomberg
Tech

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
Climate Change

Nearly half of tropical coral species face extinction: Report

Representational image of plants. Photo: Collected
Environment

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
Environment

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

Representational image. Photo: collected
World+Biz

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

Photo: Wikipedia
Climate Change

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
Earth

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

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

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
Earth

Bleak and desolate? The future of elephants in northern Bangladesh

Sea birds fly along the South rookery in St. George, Alaska, U.S., May 24, 2021. Picture taken May 24, 2021. REUTERS/Nathan Howard/File Photo
World+Biz

Nature at risk of 'cascading' species extinction: study

A bee sits on a flower budding from an almond tree, which rely on natural pollinators for fertilization in an Almonds grove in Tel Arad, southern Israel March 4, 2020. REUTERS/ Amir Cohen/File Photo
World+Biz

From flickering fireflies to lowly dung beetles, insects are vanishing