Environment & Wildlife

Sri Lanka on the international platform pledged the nation’s support to end an era of fossil fuel. The situation on ground zero, however, remains…

This article was first published in the April 2016 edition of Echelon magazine. Last September, Sri Lanka pledged support towards the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals…

Although it has always been a principle concern for animal rights activists, in recent times, even the local media has been paying close attention…

If you wanted to do something that would benefit future generations to come, help save planet Earth and combat global warming at the same…

If you caught the previous article and video we ran about sea turtles, you already know that there are seven species of sea turtles…

Picture this: a leopard in the wild. It doesn’t matter if it is bringing down a150 pound buck, having a game of rough-and-tumble with…

For those of you unacquainted with the issue or the concept, bottom trawling is an industrial fishing method whereby fishing nets, with large weights…

Weighing in at around 916 kg and taking on the dimensions of a king sized bed, the Leatherback sea turtle is considered to be…

The outskirts of Colombo once were an intricate maze of marshy wetlands that have, over the years, been lost to the development and construction…

Brace yourselves: we’re in for a rough ride. Despite what climate change nay-sayers may claim, the truth is that the climate is, without any…

The Indian Swiftlet (collocalia unicolor) is only about 12 cm long, and can be found in Sri Lanka and South West India. The nests…