A dead whale washed up at Patharghata in Barguna, only about 45 km from the Swatch of No Ground, soon after dolphin carcasses appeared at Kuakata, raising fears about the health of the Bay of Bengal.
The blue macaw behind the animated film Rio, declared extinct in the wild in 2019, was released back into Brazil's Caatinga from 2022, and a released pair hatched chicks in 2023.
A hairy caterpillar spotted on a roadside debdaru tree offers a lesson in metamorphosis, and a reminder never to touch one with bare hands.
A honeybee colony of up to 100,000 bees is run by a single queen, with a few hundred drones and a mass of workers who do everything from cleaning to guarding the hive.
A roadside shop at Charatala bazar in Jhenaidah's Harinakunda sells vegetables, tea and paan round the clock with no seller, as customers serve themselves and leave money in a cash box.
Watermelon was grown in ancient Egypt some 4,000 years ago, and centuries of cultivation and selection turned a pale, watery fruit from Africa into today's sweet red melon and even Japan's square watermelons.
CropsFireflies are not flies but beetles of the family Lampyridae. They flash a cold light made by luciferin and luciferase to find mates, and habitat loss, light pollution and pesticides are their main threats.
EnvironmentMost snakes in Bangladesh are not venomous and avoid people, a July 2026 column argued in urging people not to kill them. A snakebite needs a hospital, not a healer, and the wildlife law's penalty depends on which schedule an animal is listed in.
AgribusinessThe broiler descends from the wild red junglefowl of South and Southeast Asia and was shaped by millennia of domestication and 20th-century selective breeding; its fast growth comes from genetics, feed and housing, not hormones.
From Newton's apple to the banana republic and citrus against scurvy, some fruits have left a surprising mark on history.
Perfect shape, special taste, limited production and auction culture, especially in Japan, push the prices of some fruits into thousands of dollars.
A quiet but important trade has grown up in Sylhet city's markets, where workers cut fish for buyers who have no time to do it at home.
HealthIn a June 2026 Jagonews24 feature, former teacher Bibi Shahijan traced how the herbs and spices of the Bengali kitchen became subjects of laboratory research, a growing market and an opportunity for Bangladesh, while urging caution over adulteration and self-treatment.
