Environment
The Vaquita, a Living History of the Sea
Only about 10 to 15 vaquitas, a tiny marine mammal found only in Mexico's Gulf of California, are left, down from several thousand, as illegal fishing nets threaten its survival.
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Aquatic animals
Fisheries
Turtles Are Dying Even as They Come Ashore to Lay Eggs
Researchers have recovered more than a hundred dead mother turtles, most of them egg-bearing olive ridleys, from the Cox's Bazar coast during the breeding season.
Environment
Zoo Animals Huddle in the Cold as Tigers and Bears Delight Children
Many animals at Mirpur's National Zoo are huddled against the cold, but visitor numbers have risen after annual school exams, with children crowding the tiger cages.
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Highly Venomous Yellow-Bellied Sea Snake Washes Up on Kuakata Beach
A venomous yellow-bellied sea snake was found on Kuakata sea beach in Patuakhali on 20 June and removed for tourists' safety.
Flowers
The Rare Pink Dolphin
The Amazon river dolphin, famed for its pink colour, is the largest of the river dolphins and has occasionally been reported in Bangladesh's waters.
Fisheries
The Stingray, the Sea's Lazy Creature
The stingray, called shapla pata fish in Bengali, is a slow-moving sea creature with a venomous tail that is protected in Bangladesh but still sold openly.
Environment
New Hippo Calf Born at Gazipur Safari Park
A hippo calf born on 14 October at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Safari Park in Gazipur has taken the park's hippo count to four.
Environment
The Fight to Survive in Green
An essay argues that people's long struggle to survive has turned into a destructive fight against nature itself.
Environment
Afloat in water, walking on land: the olive ridley turtle
A science writer describes the olive ridley sea turtle's mass nesting on a handful of beaches and warns that the species could vanish this century unless they are protected.
Livestock
Khan Jahan Ali Dighi Crocodile Lays Eggs, Doubts Over Hatching
The freshwater crocodile at Khan Jahan Ali's shrine pond in Bagerhat has laid 50-60 eggs, but officials say its age means they are unlikely to hatch.
Environment
Ten Years On, Not a Single Hatchling of 'Tengra and Sakina' Has Survived
A decade after the crocodile breeding centre at Tengragiri Eco Park in Taltali opened, the number of crocodiles has not grown by one.