Crops
8-Foot Python Found in Paddy Field
A python 8 feet long, found by a farmer in a paddy field near the Indian border in Aditmari, Lalmonirhat, has been released in the Hatibandha Sal forest.
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Wildlife
Fruits
Wild Elephant Found Dead in Kaptai Forest
The carcass of an aged wild elephant was found in Kaptai upazila, Rangamati, and forest officials believe it may have died of a stroke.
Bangladesh
Langur in Village Takes Food From People's Hands
A black-faced langur has spent two days roaming Char Sonamukhi in Shariatpur, where villagers are feeding it by hand.
Environment
Wildlife Being Trafficked, Law Enforcement Needed to Rein It In
Wildlife is sold openly by roadsides and smuggled in secret through Bangladesh, and those involved say public awareness and strict enforcement of the law could stop it.
Environment
Four Fishing Cat Cubs Rescued From Locked House in Village
A student environmental group rescued four fishing cat cubs from a locked house in Chapadah village of Gaibandha Sadar upazila and later released them.
Bangladesh
Visit the Six 'Sagars' of Dinajpur
Dinajpur has six vast ponds from the time of its rajas, each known as a 'sagar' and each with its own story.
Bangladesh
Jackal Attacks and Injures Two in Broad Daylight in Chuadanga
A jackal attacked two people, a young day labourer and a 69-year-old farmer, in Kutubpur union of Chuadanga Sadar in broad daylight.
Environment
Endangered Pangolins Now Seen Mostly in Traffickers' Hands
Hunted for body parts used in medicines, pangolins in Cox's Bazar are disappearing from the wild and are now seen mostly when rescued from traffickers.
Environment
45 Turtles Rescued in Cumilla Released in Gazipur
Forty-five endangered turtles seized from a passenger bus in Cumilla have been released in Gazipur's Bhawal National Park.
Bangladesh
Jackal Emerges from Bamboo Grove and Bites 15 People in Saidpur
At least 15 people were injured when a jackal attacked in Saidpur, Nilphamari, and a seriously hurt teenager was taken to Rangpur.
Crops
Langurs Raid Homes and Fruit Orchards in Search of Food
A shortage of food is driving rare black-faced langurs from Keshabpur in Jashore into homes and farmers' fruit orchards in neighbouring Monirampur.
Environment
Three Tigers Filmed Swimming Across Rivers in the Sundarbans, Video Goes Viral
Tourists on two luxury cruisers and forest guards filmed three tigers swimming across rivers in the Sundarbans' Sharankhola range as the tourist season opened.
Environment
A Mysterious Island Where Only Snakes Live
Brazil's Ilha da Queimada Grande has no human residents and is so thick with venomous snakes that only a few scientists and naval officers may visit.