David Jeevathithan Ambalavanar

Why most of prehistory will remain unknown to us

Dinosaurs, and other prehistoric animals, are among the most fascinating scientific topics of all time and global interest in...

The river of time and where we fit into it

For many of us, a single year may be a long time while a period of one hundred years...

Jaffna’s Jurassic Park

Sri Lanka is renowned for having some of the most spectacular wildlife on the planet. From the big blue...

The Glorious Glossy Ibis – Phoenix of Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka’s bird life is among the island’s greatest treasures, with at least 468 species, including over 226 migrant...

How to Train Your Dragon – The Sri Lankan Edition

Sri Lanka is home to some of the most amazing animals on the planet, from the big blue whale...

Sri Lanka may have been home to the largest elephant

Few Sri Lankan animals are as iconic as the elephant and there’s good reason for this. The Sri Lankan...
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The humble origins of the big blue whale

Perhaps no living creature is quite as spectacularly stupendous as the big blue whale. With a maximum, verified size...

Why birds are special

Perhaps no group of animals is more familiar to us than birds. With over 10,000 bird species worldwide, and...

Crocodiles are birds’ closest living relatives

You might be wondering how the title above could possibly be true. I’m sure you’re wondering how on Earth...

A Duel of Dragons – A Sri Lankan short story

On the bank of a great, green pond, sunning itself on the emerald grass, lies a dragon. This is...

Blue Whale-Sized Dinosaur Might Have Roamed Sri Lanka

The discovery begins in the Tiruchirappalli district of the Tamil Nadu state in southern India. In 1978, in rocks...
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