Freshwater crocodile caught in fishing net in Padma

A crocodile was caught in the fishing net of a fisherman at Hardinge Bridge point of the Padma River in Bheramara upazila of Kushtia last night (November 4, 2022).
5 November 2022

Leopard cat, 3 fishing cats rescued in Chattogram, 2 held

Police detained two people and recovered an endangered leopard cat and three fishing cats from Lohagara upazila of Chattogram last night (October 29, 2022).
28 October 2022

Rare Nilgai rescued in Chapainawabganj

A Nilgai Antelope was caught by locals in Barik Bazar area of Shibganj upazila yesterday.
26 October 2022

200 injured birds rescued from Shaheed Minar, secretariat areas after storm

Members of the Wildlife Crime Control Unit of the Forest Department have rescued 200 birds, injured during the storm in the capital last night (October 24, 2022)
25 October 2022

Wild bird hunter jailed for 6 months in Nilphamari

A mobile court in Nilphamari has sentenced a wild bird hunter to six months in jail for poaching wild birds.
12 October 2022

Boxes for brooding

Wild geese laying eggs in artificial wood boxes!
7 September 2022

Bridging the fragmented forests

Due to the Dhaka-Sylhet railway and Srimangal-Bhanugach road running through the reserve forest of Lawachhara, many of the critically endangered species have died in accidents while crossing them.
15 August 2022

Nijhum Dwip submerged in “high tide”, deer being washed away

Nijhum Dwip union and national park of Noakhali’s Hatiya Upazila have been submerged due to rising water from an “unusually high tide” in Meghna.
18 July 2022

World’s largest recorded freshwater fish caught in Cambodia

The world’s largest recorded freshwater fish, a giant stingray, has been caught in the Mekong River in Cambodia, according to scientists from the Southeast Asian nation and the United States.
21 June 2022

12-ft-long python rescued in Bagerhat

A python was rescued from a pen housing ducks and swans in Bagerhat's Sarankhola upazila this morning.
1 June 2022

Fishermen, visitors barred from Sundarbans for 3 months from June 1

The Forest Department has barred fishermen and visitors from entering the Sundarbans from June 1 to August 31.
31 May 2022

Villagers panic after tiger seen in fish enclosure at Bagerhat’s Sharankhola 

Residents of Khejurbaria village, in Sharankhola upazila of Bagerhat, are panicked after a Royal Bengal Tiger was seen inside a fish enclosure last night.
6 May 2022

Elephant on the loose!

Residents of Gaibandha Sadar upazila’s Tinmail started their morning with a rare and peculiar scene yesterday.
17 April 2022

200 cameras to count big cats

Tiger census in the Sundarbans is set to start this October. Under the “Sundarbans Tiger Conservation Project”, the census will employ the “camera trapping method” and cost around Tk 3.27 crore.
31 March 2022

Tiger Census in Sundarbans: Over 200 cameras to be installed

The government is going to undertake a major survey to assess the animals that Bengal tigers prey on in the Sundarbans and also monitor the current situation of the habitat under a new project of the forest department.
30 March 2022

Python, fishing cat rescued in Chattogram

A Burmese python was rescued from Chittagong University (CU) campus and a fishing cat was rescued from Hathazari upazila in Chattogram today.
25 February 2022

Criminal cases to be filed for zebra deaths

The ministry of environment, forest and climate change yesterday decided to lodge criminal cases against those involved with the death of 11 zebras at the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Safari Park in recent weeks.
22 February 2022

11 Zebras’ deaths: High nitrate levels in grass linked: probe

High levels of nitrate in the grass fed to zebras at the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Safari Park in Gazipur was linked to the deaths of 11 of the animals last month.
21 February 2022

Wild elephant found dead in Sherpur

A wild elephant was found dead near the Gazni border of Sherpur's Jhenaigati upazila early today, forest officials sa
19 February 2022

Sydney man killed in first fatal shark attack in six decades

A shark killed a swimmer off a Sydney beach on Wednesday in the city's first fatal attack in nearly 60 years, causing "catastrophic injuries", police and ambulance services said.
16 February 2022