MIRISSA, Sri Lanka — Sri Lankan waters are considered a haven for the largest creatures ever to have lived, the blue whale, a rare place for a resident, year-round population to thrive. In 2021 ...

Amid Sri Lanka’s severe economic crisis, other nature reserves could also risk losing their legal protection as the government looks for short-term economic gains, Gunawardana added.

The deep waters that surround Sri Lanka’s coastline are becoming known for their rich diversity of marine-life, in particular cetaceans, where one can have the opportunity to observe a great diversity ...

A gem company in Sri Lanka has unveiled a rare and massive gemstone weighing 683 pounds (310 kilograms) that has been certified as one of the biggest corundums ever found in the country. Sri Lanka ...

When the feeding grounds of blue whales overlap with busy shipping lanes, business interests often supersede those of the endangered marine mammals. But in Sri Lanka, an unusual alliance has been ...

Blue Lanka Tours has won the award for The Leading Tour Operator in Sri Lanka 2023 by the World Travel Awards for the third time. Winning in 2020 and consecutively in 2022 and this year, the company ...

Strategic Importance of the Indo-Pacific in the context of Blue Economy and the need for regional cooperation: A Sri Lankan Perspective Let me gently remind all of you that this theme merely does ...

In addition to studying the world’s only nonmigratory blue whales, marine biologist Asha de Vos seeks to change her compatriots’ attitudes toward the ocean.

MIRISSA, Sri Lanka — Sri Lankan waters are considered a haven for the largest creatures ever to have lived, the blue whale, a rare place for a resident, year-round population to thrive. In 2021 ...

A gem company in Sri Lanka has unveiled a rare and massive gemstone weighing 683 pounds (310 kilograms) that has been certified as one of the biggest corundums ever found in the country.