Public asked to record wild mammals in urban green areas for conservation survey - The charity People’s Trust for Endangered Species (PTES) is asking nature lovers to help them track changes in ...

By Uditha Jayasinghe Sri Lanka began a wildlife census on Saturday to count monkeys, peacocks and giant squirrels, aiming to manage their populations as farmers complain of agricultural losses.

"Grey squirrels can damage maize and fruit crops. They are a threat to orchards and market gardens. They destroy bulbs and corms, eat tree nuts, recently sown seeds and enter into roof voids, damaging ...