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Porcupines are threatened, being poached for stomach contents called bezoar. Photo Smithsonian Zoo

Into the remarkable world of reclusive, resilient porcupines

The spine-clad porcupines are evolutionary wonders. They make anyone think twice about crossing their paths. They can burrow, climb trees and live throughout five continents. The story of these...

Mark Buchanan. Sketch: TBS

How much more economic growth can the planet sustain?

Orange-breasted Green Pigeon. Photo: Enam Ul Haque

Orange-breasted Green Pigeon: A ‘Bengali Lombgalamb’ unknown to Bengali

Nature's cleaners: Cyprus returns rare vultures to wild

Nature's cleaners: Cyprus returns rare vultures to wild

Photo: Muntasir Akash

Ephemeral: Grass blooms and urban munias in sprouting model towns

A female Pied Bushchat. Photo: Enam Ul Haque

Pied Bushchat: ‘Stirrings beyond sense - with a start, a bounce, a stab!’

Spotted Owlet abreast. Photo: Enam Ul Haque

Spotted Owlet: ‘Forebodes mishap or seems but to complain’

Bengal Bushlark singing on a fence. Photo: Enam Ul Haque

Bengal Bushlark: ‘Clouds and sky about thee ringing!’

Small Minivet male carries insect. Photo: Enam Ul Haque

Small Minivets: 'Renew their old melodious madrigals of love'

Kusumba Mosque, situated in Manda upazila, is one of the popular tourist attractions of the Naogaon tour bus service. Photo: Masum Billah

No sea, hills or forests, but they have a rich history and a bus service to experience it 

Despite the abundant supply of fish and food in the market, our people are suffering from malnutrition. Photo: Reuters.

Market value alone is selling nature short, governments told

Malkoha with nesting material. Photo: Enam Ul Haque

Green-billed Malkoha: An odd cuckoo that cuckolds no one 

Egg guarding in frogs is a common feat. Photo: Dante Fenolio

Caring parents: An amphibian story