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Alocasia ‘frydek’ flaunts dark, shield-like leaves tattooed with white thunderbolt venations.

Alocasia: Elephant’s Ear in the Garden

In an age where urbanisation often severs our connection with nature, alocasias offer a tangible bridge. Its oversized leaves command us to pause, look closely, and marvel at plant architecture

Delicate yet purposeful, damselflies control insect populations, helping reduce mosquitoes and other
pests naturally. Photos: Collected

Observing dragonflies and damselflies in Bangladesh

Fishers released the shark after it was photographed. Photo: Garvin Watson and Parismina Domus Dei. Parismina Limón Bar, Costa Rica

First of its kind bright orange shark caught and released on Costa Rican coast

Photos: Adhip Aditya

Whale migration in Australia: Witnessing nature’s marvel

Mutu on 22nd August when I had first spotted it around 4pm

Heart-rending 25 hours of marathon basking, beating rain, clouds, and sunshine by a Bengal monitor

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

Photo: Collected

Small bugs, big business: Bangladesh’s exotic invertebrates trade risks native species

Spotting tigers, missing links: What’s undermining tiger conservation in Bangladesh?

Spotting tigers, missing links: What’s undermining tiger conservation in Bangladesh?

Leopard on a hill overlooking Mumbai. To what extent do we imagine human-wildlife coexistence in Bangladesh, if not the same? PHOTO: STEVE WINTER/NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC

From image to inaction: The pitfalls of celebrating rare wildlife sightings in Bangladesh

The Green Peafowl was once a Hill Tracts resident. Photo: Collected

Rewilding peafowls: Testing commitment, science and community engagement

Disappearances of hog badgers are quiet, undocumented and usually unnoticed. PHOTO: GARY KINARD

While no one is watching, farms are uprooting our hog badgers

At Meherun Children’s Park and Mini Zoo at Damurhuda upazila, a Fishing Cat and a German Shepherd were kept in adjoining cages. Photo taken recently. PHOTO: MUNTASIR AKASH

Illegal zoos, caged lives and blistering heat: The silent suffering of Bangladesh’s Fishing Cats

This shanda-hype reflects how we treat the natural world: as a menu to pick from, not a system to live within. PHOTO: INATURALIST

The shanda is not your next street food