As migratory birds of all shapes and shades start flocking to Sri Lanka for the northern hemisphere winter, prominent local environmental lawyer and naturalist Jagath Gunawardena prepares to once ...

Young birder Lahiru Walpita begins most of his days at dawn by scanning the skies for seabirds along the coastline in ...

Also, Sri Lanka is one of the few places where you might spot blue whales, the largest mammals on Earth. Boats go out daily from the south. We weren’t lucky enough to see them, but it’s possible.

Sri Lanka’s civil war lasted 26 years, coming to an end in 2009. But the country’s birds haven’t forgotten. “There were many incidents reported, while growing up in Sri Lanka, of landmines ...