Organisations of ethnic minority women from both the hills and the plains should come together to fight for their rights, a national conference was told yesterday.

Australia's most newly-discovered spider surfs, swims and can catch prey up to three times its own size!

The large carcass of a mysterious sea creature that washes up on a tourist beach perplex local officials and residents in Mexico. The monstrous 13-foot-long beast is discovered on Bonfil Beach, in the city of Acapulco, in the south-west Mexican state of Guerrero,

Wildlife monitoring network Traffic finds hundreds of protected animals for sale on Facebook groups in Malaysia, including sun bears, gibbons, and binturongs, also known as bearcats.

A six-year-old girl died after falling from the rooftop of a six-storey building at Banogram in the capital's Wari yesterday evening.

A tiny Eastern pygmy marmoset, the smallest type of monkey on the planet, is born at Chester Zoo. The mini-monkey is spotted on dad Gumi’s back as it made its debut at the north-west English zoo.

A baby gorilla is "doing well" after being delivered by Caesarean section in a rare operation at Bristol Zoo.

Tens of thousands of Antarctic penguins are estimated to be unable to return to their colony after a massive iceberg grounded there, according to a newly published study.

A new species of freshwater turtle has been discovered in Papua New Guinea, a mountainous and tropical country in the south Pacific Ocean.

The world’s oldest known wild bird, Laysan albatross, added a new chick to the family.And according to experts, this is her 40th one.

Have you ever heard of ‘Kolshi/Ghoti Bash’ a bamboo that is shaped like a pitcher or ever seen ‘Lotha Bash’, a bamboo vine? If you have a doubt whether such bamboos really exist or you are being bamboozled, you should visit the unique bamboo garden of Chittagong city.

Dhaka University (DU) Vice Chancellor AAMS Arefin Siddique yesterday urged all to work towards increasing the number of tigers, ensuring the betterment of the animal which symbolises the nation.

The other day I met a newly-arrived diplomat. Our conversation turned to tourism and he seemed surprised to learn

Watch Kevin Richardson in an amazing documentary first broadcasted by SKY TV about his animal conservationism, mainly lions and his acceptance into their pride.

Mumbai's coastline is more used to rubbish washing ashore than dead mammals, but on Friday residents woke to the sight of a nearly 40-foot-long whale on one of its most popular beaches.

Rare and elusive bush dogs from Central and South America are photographed in a camera trap study.

Bangladesh Forest Industries Development Corporation (BFIDC) will set up a rubber wood pressure treating plant at Sreemangal in Moulvibazar.

Penguins waddle on snow as visitors look on at Otaru Aquarium in Otaru, Hokkaido, on Saturday.

A woman was electrocuted in Jessore Sadar upazila on Tuesday night.

A suspected robber was killed in a “gunfight” between his cohorts and police in Sarail upazila of Brahmanbaria.