EnvironmentStaff at SANCCOB, South Africa's seabird rescue centre, told CNN in February 2026 that they have found stones in the stomachs of starving cormorant and penguin chicks, as a study links the collapse of sardine stocks to the deaths of about 62,000 breeding African penguins.
A spotted deer rescued from a village in Mongla was released back into the Sundarbans, as the forest department investigates whether poachers brought it there.
EnvironmentThe Planning Commission objected to Tk 15.74 crore for consultants in a Tk 42.64 crore Department of Livestock Services project to vaccinate Dhaka's stray dogs against rabies, Jagonews24 reported in January 2026; officials said experts and field services were needed.
A woman in Brisbane woke in the night to find a carpet python about 2.5 metres long coiled on her chest, and calmly removed it through the window herself.
Dhaka North City Corporation has signed a memorandum of understanding with Furry Friends Foundation to manage street animals, protect public health and ensure animal welfare.
EnvironmentForest department officials rescued three Himalayan griffon vultures that could not fly from maize fields in Patgram, Lalmonirhat, on the morning of 14 January 2026, and were arranging to send them to the vulture care centre in Dinajpur.
Local people in Sitakunda caught a man as he slaughtered a deer trapped in a coastal keora plantation, and the forest department is preparing a case.
EnvironmentAmerican streamer Darren Watkins Jr., known as 'Speed', shared a video on 3 January 2026 of a sprint against a cheetah in South Africa; he kept level at first, but the cheetah pulled away and finished first after scratching his leg before the start.
A 65-year-old farmer was killed by a herd of wild elephants while cutting grass in the Balijhuri range of Sreebardi upazila in Sherpur.
A tiger rescued from a poachers' snare in the Sundarbans on 4 January is recovering at a wildlife rescue centre in Khulna and may soon return to the forest.
AgribusinessOn 5 January 2026, members of the student environmental group TEER rescued a sick Himalayan griffon vulture at Kochhim Bazar in Sundarganj, Gaibandha, and handed it to the Rangpur forest department that evening.
BangladeshA 35-year-old man, Abdus Salam, was trampled to death by a wild elephant that had wandered into a village in Baishari union of Naikhongchhari, Bandarban, on the morning of 3 January 2026, as he tried to photograph it.
EnvironmentFaria Islam, a student at Bhairab Government Women's College, argued that Thirty-First Night fireworks and loud noise harm people, birds and the environment, and urged that the new year be welcomed through acts of kindness instead of wasteful displays.
