The Central Bank of Sri Lanka has started a special awareness campaign called “Anti-Pyramid National Awareness Week” from July 14 to 18, 2025. The theme is “Pyramid is a trap – don’t get into the ...

Dr. Gunawardana, who has championed the concept of citizen science for decades, called the garden “a training ground for ...

Giant snakehead fish have established themselves in Sri Lanka's Deduru Oya reservoir, threatening native fish species and local fishing livelihoods.

When the government of Sri Lanka published the  National Red List of threatened plants in 2020, my eyebrows shot up. We’ve ...

Young birder Lahiru Walpita begins most of his days at dawn by scanning the skies for seabirds along the coastline in northern Sri Lanka. In July 2024, during one of his routine beach surveys, Walpita ...

Did you know that dragonflies can live up to five years? Find out more about their fascinating lives and the average dragonfly lifespan.

An Eden all year round, but exceptionally verdant in March, Sri Lanka has a siren call that's hard to resist ... beside a butterfly-shaped pond where dragonflies skim between the lily pads. Today, you ...

The black-tailed skimmer dragonfly was spotted by volunteers at Bog Meadows Nature Reserve in the west of the city last week. Nature conservation charity Ulster Wildlife say it is the first such ...