Experts fear that the rare and elusive species may be dying of some disease, suspected to be African swine fever.

Wilpattu National Park, Sri Lanka’s largest and a prime location for year-round sloth bear sightings, has sparked concern after the sudden deaths of three sloth bears (Melursus ursinus inornatus ...

Prime Minister Dr Harini Amarasuriya in her message  for the Sinhala and Tamil New Year,  called upon all Sri Lankans to ...

To support a more effective response to Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV) against women and girls, UNDP Sri Lanka has ...

Woodland Park Zoo’s sloth bear cub, a 3-month-old girl named Bowie, will meet the public for the first time this weekend.

“Thus, the 2025 New Year marks a significant turning point,” she said, emphasizing the unity of communities across the ...

Let us step into the New Year with renewed hope and a vision, as we continue to work together toward “a prosperous country ...

Among Asian elephants, only a fraction of males bear tusks, and Sri Lanka holds the lowest percentage, with just 7% of its total elephant population being tuskers. Tuskers are culturally ...

Dissanayake’s call for a unified national response to Washington’s new tariffs means vicious attacks on the Sri Lankan ...

Himalayan brown bears are pictured at Dehiwala Zoological Gardens in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on March 31, 2025. (Photo by Gayan ...

If this government continues like this, the President will have to go by such a mass uprising again,” a resident warned.