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War and wildlife: How conflict mediates extinction

War and wildlife: How conflict mediates extinction

War not only destroys habitats, it also arms the people living within them. When conflict descends on a region, the institutional architecture of wildlife protection collapses almost immediately

The mouse-deer in Bangladesh: confirmed nowhere, rumoured everywhere

The mouse-deer in Bangladesh: confirmed nowhere, rumoured everywhere

Madhabkunda’s Blue beauty keeps white tail patch hidden and seen only it is flashed. Photo: Collected

The lady in slate blue: A winter encounter with the plumbeous redstart at Madhabkunda

Where have Dhaka's crows gone?

Where have Dhaka's crows gone?

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

The mahseer question: Saving a fish, saving the river

The mahseer question: Saving a fish, saving the river

The forgotten rhinos that once roamed the Bengal floodplain

The forgotten rhinos that once roamed the Bengal floodplain

A flock of Khoaj or Khoaj Khijir or Pied Avocet in Mukhtaria Khal near Hatiya. Photo: Courtesy

The invisible migrants: Why Bangladesh must protect its smallest winter visitors

Red narrow-mouthed frog (Microhyla rubra). Photo: Courtesy

Winter breeding of the red narrow-mouthed frog in Bangladesh: An unusual ecological strategy?

A wild fishing cat pauses at the edge of an urban wetland — a rare survivor in Dhaka’s shrinking marshes. Photo: Almas Zaman

The last of them: Mammals in Dhaka’s ever-expanding urban sprawl

As we become an increasingly urbanised population, we must acknowledge values of natural spaces falling out of conservation focus. Photos: JG Hakim.

The untold story of a little-known urban forest

An around 160 kg baghair caught in the Shurma River and displayed in a market in Sylhet. Photos: Collected

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

The secret language of electric fish