COLOMBO — The Deduru Oya reservoir in northwestern Sri Lanka has long been a favorite fishing spot for angler Ishanka Dissanayaka. In mid-June, he returned to the reservoir for a relaxing day by the ...

A lab in Sri Lanka is harnessing modern genetic techniques to improve the identification of the meat and oil of sharks and rays in the country's fish markets. Sri Lanka's sovereign waters in the India ...

Small-sized water storage is a key source of resilience for rural communities in many parts of the world. Sri Lanka’s tank cascade system is an ancient means of storing water in the country’s dry zone ...

Sri Lanka recently reported a “fish rain,” where fish were found far from water bodies after heavy rains; but rather than falling from the sky, experts say these were amphibious fish that “walked” ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. A recent conservation assessment of Sri Lanka’s freshwater fish has come up with a total of 139 species, of which 61 are found nowhere else on ...