Conservation Urban Wildlife Series: Common Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis)
Out of the seven species of kingfishers found in Sri Lanka, the common kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) has the second most widespread distribution. Even though… Read the note
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Conservation Urban Wildlife Series: Common Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis)
Out of the seven species of kingfishers found in Sri Lanka, the common kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) has the second most widespread distribution. Even though… Read the note
Conservation Urban Wildlife Series: Small Indian Civet (Viverricula indica)
Have you ever come across a nauseating fecal smell near a forested area? A smell so bad, that you've lifted your feet to see… Read the note
Conservation Urban Wildlife Series: Fishing Cat (Prionailurus viverrinus)
When compared with a house cat, who is either pampered beyond all means or gets yelled at for eating off the counter (whatever is… Read the note
Conservation Urban Wildlife Series: Asian Water Monitor (Varanus salvator salvator)
With a permanent look of indifference about everything plastered over their faces (resting monitor face) and a periodic flicking of their forked tongues going… Read the note
Conservation Urban Wildlife Series: Eurasian Otter (Lutra lutra)
How old were you when you learned that there were Eurasian otters (Lutra lutra) in Sri Lanka, among otter.. I mean other news? I… Read the note
Field Notes Pennywise the Croc
This is an oldie, but definitely a goodie! These six camera trap photographs seem pretty normal. There were about 15 more, prior to this,… Read the note
Conservation Inktober 2020
This year we noticed a flood of amazing illustrations of fishing cats for inktober 2020, which is AMAZING because it means that more and… Read the note
Research The Flight of the Urban Wildlife
About two months ago, I shared a time-lapse from one of our Diyasaru Park trail cams, and asked our social media followers the following… Read the note
Fishing Cats Webs of Lies
This week’s #FishingCatFriday statement was, “Fishing cats have webbing between their toes. This helps them swim after fish!” And we asked you if this… Read the note
Conservation #EndangeredSpeciesDay 2020
This year, #EndangeredSpeciesDay coincided beautifully with #FishingCatFriday. And I asked our followers on Instagram if, Fishing cats are: A: Locally Vulnerable + Globally Endangered… Read the note
Conservation Fishing Cats Tegas and Broucek
Hi everyone! My name is Scott Kayser and I’m a zookeeper who has had the privilege of working with fishing cats for the past… Read the note
Conservation The Miracle Life 2018
Last Saturday (June 2nd) we joined the Diyasaru Park team for an awareness programme organised by the Mahanama College Interact Club for their Miracle Life… Read the note
Habitats An Urban Wetland. A Walk in the Park
Text and photography by Mihiri Wikramanayake - crossposted from Mihipedia.lk It’s an overcast Sunday afternoon, and while the clouds keep the sun at bay,… Read the note
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