Dreadful Faint-banded Sea Snake

   Hydrophis belcheri, commonly known as the faint-banded sea snake which has been concerned as highly venomous species of Elapidae family. This species is considered as one of the most deadliest snakes in the world, due to its potent venom. One drop of the faint-banded...

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Alongshore webinar series 1.0 ; Webinar #3

 පෘථිවි ජෛව විවිධත්වයට  විශාල දායකත්වයක් ලබා දෙන කොරල් පර සාගරයේ වැසි වනාන්තර ලෙසින් හඳුන්වයි. මිනිස් ක්‍රියාකාරකම් හේතුවෙන් අද වන විට අප සාගරයට අහිමි වෙමින් පවතින කොරල්පර  සම්පත හායනය පිළිබඳ දැනුවත් වීම හා සංරක්ෂණය අප සතු වගකීමකි.ශ්‍රී ජයවර්ධනපුර විශ්වවිද්‍යාලයේ...

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Icy Greenland and Warm Iceland

 Names of countries are always interesting to study. Some names reveal the geography while some reveal the pioneers who discovered them in the new world. Countries like Greenland and Iceland too have very interesting names. The land of Greenland in covered by about 80%...

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2020/2021- Office Bearers

 Senior AdvisorSenior Prof.M.M.PathmalalDean, Faculty of Graduate StudiesChair Professor, Department of Zoology, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka.pathmalal@sjp.ac...

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Impacts of noise pollution on marine life

 Ocean noise pollution has become one of the major threat for the marine animals and the health of the ocean invisibly to our eyes. Noise pollution is an intense, widespread anthropogenic disturbance that can have highly detrimental impacts on natural populations, communities,...

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10 Totally Transparent Marine Animals

   Transparency is a rather common characteristic among open-ocean living marine animals. Because there are few structures to hide behind in the open ocean, many creatures that dwell there employ transparency as a form of camouflage to avoid predators. Some marine...

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