With nocturnal surveys and awareness building, Sri Lanka steps up to protect its owls

Mongabay
Aug 11, 2025, 2:30 pm193 ptsTop
COLOMBO — As darkness settled over Colombo on Aug. 3, a small group of young men, led by a zoology professor, slipped quietly into Sri Lanka’s largest cemetery, Borella Kanatte, in Colombo. Moving like cautious tomb raiders among weathered gravestones, they ventured into dark, secluded corners where few…

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