SM Rezaul Karim, minister for fisheries and livestock, yesterday said the foreign animals in Bangladeshi safari parks and zoos are dying from infectious diseases.

A man was detained today for illegally selling wild animals from the Shahi Eidgah area of Sylhet city.

Fisheries and Livestock Minister SM Rezaul Karim today said that the foreign animals at safari parks and zoos in the country are dying after being infected with diseases.

After the deaths of 11 zebras and a tiger last month, an African lioness died at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Safari Park in Gazipur’s Sreepur yesterday.

A calf was born to a small elephant herd that had been stuck in a small area inside the Korean Export Processing Zone (KEPZ) in Chattogram's Anwara upazila on Monday.

The authorities of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Safari Park in Gazipur today removed two top officials for their negligence in duty over the deaths of 11 zebras and a tiger in the last one month.

The authorities at the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Safari Park in Gazipur concealed the news of the recent death of a tiger, raising questions about the state of care the animals are being given at the facility.

One more zebra has died at the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Safari Park in Gazipur, the 10th over the last month.

The tiger, which was found dead at Rupar canal adjacent to Dublar Char in the Sharankhola Range of the eastern Sundarbans yesterday, possibly died due to old age, said forest officials.

One more zebra died this evening at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Safari Park in Gazipur, raising the number of deaths of zebras at the park in last one month to 11.

The forest department recovered a tiger’s carcass from a Sundarbans canal yesterday afternoon.

During a visit to California last year, a friend and I went birding. Early one morning we headed to Rancho San Antonio, a wilderness area in Silicon Valley. In a previous life I had lived in this area and had hiked often in this sprawling nature park. However, that was before I became interested in birds. This hike was a new experience as the focus of the walk was very different: I tried to find hints and clues to where the birds might be.

A video circulating online shows a girl catching a lion that was roaming the streets in Kuwait.

Bangladesh banned air rifles today to stop poachers killing vulnerable wildlife, including flocks of migratory birds that fly all the way from Siberia seeking warmer winter climates.

Forest department in Sylhet today detained an alleged wild and migratory bird seller while he was carrying 14 migratory birds, killed with poison.

The Red Munia entered my childhood through a story about the Creator painting birds after creating them. However, one fidgety bird has flown off before being painted and returns just when He finishes. There are a few drops of paint remaining with which He splatters this bird. And so this exquisite bird was created with spots of white sprinkled on red.

A parliamentary committee meeting has directed the government to investigate the recent serious of elephant deaths due to electrocution and file a report at the next meeting.

Forest officials today recovered a female elephant's body from Banshkhali upazila of Chattogram.

A herd of elephants trampled a man to death yesterday. The deceased was accused in a case over killing an elephant -- allegedly with electric fence -- at Harbang area of Chakaria.

Seventeen wild animals of different species, rescued from Chandra Mahal Eco Park in Bagerhat, were released in the Sundarbans today.