Inside an opulent shopping mall in the Thai capital Bangkok, a casually clad man meets a potential customer. They discuss how to bring live tortoises into the country to sell as pets. “I have 560 pieces of live tortoises of size 5-12 centimeters [2-5 inches] and the tortoises can be sent through India, Sri Lanka […]
COLOMBO To study the feeding patterns of frog-biting mosquitoes, scientist Priyanka de Silva of the University of Peradeniya in Sri Lanka had to identify both the mosquitoes and the frogs involved. Her team collected more than a thousand of the mosquitoes, which they could identify at leisure. But identifying the frogs proved a challenge […]
COLOMBO The recent killing of a fisherman by a crocodile off the coast of the Sri Lankan capital has shone a spotlight on the city’s long-overlooked crocs and also sparked calls for them to be moved elsewhere. In the Jan. 3 incident, Somasiri Peries, 58, who collected ornamental marine fish for a living, […]
Two endangered geckos named after Jagath and Samantha island.lk - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from island.lk Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Two newly discovered Day-gecko species have been named ‘Gunasekara’s Day-gecko’ (Cnemaspis gunasekarai) and ‘Gunawardana’s Day-gecko’ (Cnemaspis gunawardanai) to honour leading environmental activist, conservationist and former Customs Deputy Director Samantha Gunasekara and leading environmental activist, conservationist and Environmental Lawyer Dr. Jagath Gunawardena.The two new species had been discovered by a four-member team which included.