Sri Lanka’s extraordinary biodiversity — spanning everything from ants in home gardens to blue whales in its surrounding oceans — took centre stage at Thursday’s public lecture that highlighted the ...

Scientists have documented the first-ever record of an oarfish (Regalecus russellii) in Sri Lanka, a 2.6-meter (8.5-foot) specimen caught off the country’s western coast. The find expands the known ...

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A groundbreaking new study led by an international team of scientists, including Sri Lankan researcher Tharindu Ranasinghe, has uncovered striking genetic distinctions in two closely related killifish ...

Join our directors of bio-sciences and medicine Cameron English and Dr. Chuck Dinerstein as they break down these stories on episode 21 of the Science Dispatch podcast. People often take drastic steps ...

On her retirement day, emeritus professor Savitri Gunatilleke recalled how, coming from a conservative family background, she had to overcome several barriers as a woman to become one of Sri Lanka’s ...