You will hear about and see how the forest contains most of Sri Lanka’s endemic species, including 20 of it 26 endemic birds and the critically endangered giant navada tree, which is around 600 ...

Fauna in the Pidurutalaga region include 30 amphibian, five bird, six butterfly, 10 mammalian, three reptilian and five mollusc species. Among several species endemic to Sri Lanka is the Cerataphora ...

G. Wasantha, Conservator of Forests, Biodiversity and Watershed Conservation at the Forest Conservation Department, this year, the dry season started earlier in Sri Lanka, than during previous years.

Sri Lanka, a country renowned for its rich biodiversity, has taken a significant step in understanding its unique wildlife with the discovery of its first endemic bat species. This milestone was ...

Horton Plains, named after the British Governor, Sir Robert Horton (1831 – 37) is home to a wide variety of flora numbering 57 species of which 29 are endemic to Sri Lanka. So it is with the fauna ...

Almost all forest fire in Sri Lanka is human-caused ... impact is on smaller creatures with limited mobility, but even birds can be affected if they’re habitat specialists,” said Enoka ...

G. Wasantha, Conservator of Forests, Biodiversity and Watershed Conservation at the Forest Conservation Department, this year, the dry season started earlier in Sri Lanka, than during previous years.