Today, different types of fertilisers are used around the world in order to obtain optimum plant growth with high yields. However, long term indiscriminate usage of chemical fertilisers has caused adverse effects on the ...

Amphibian abnormalities are good ecological screening tool to assess the ecosystem health. Abnormalities are governed by both biotic and abiotic factors. Since most of the worldwide abnormality studies have been focused ...

Parental care is an important scenario of life history of many birds. Yellow-eared Bulbul (Pycnonotus penicillatus) is an endemic threatened bird occurs in forests at middle and higher elevations of Sri Lanka. This ...

Freshwater crabs are most abundant among all the Decapod crustacean groups and most ecologically important macro-invertebrate groups of inland waters worldwide. In this study, the selected eco-tourism sites of Libungan ...

The thermal performance of an animal is directly linked to its thermal sensitivity. Information on thermal sensitivity would assume special significance in interpreting the vulnerability of amphibian species to climate ...

Textile dye effluents are one of the major type of water pollutants that release to the environment in huge loads. Textile dyes are resistant to natural degradation process and persist in the environment for a long time. ...

December 26,2004 the earth quake occurred close by the Sumathra Islands created a tsumani situationat north, east and south region of Sri Lanka and caused heavy damages killing over 30,000 people,destroying over 100,000 ...

Toxicity caused by oxygen radicals is considered to be associated with carcinogenesis. Uric acid (UA) is an antioxidant which could scavenge the oxygen radicals formed in the body and thus may have a protective role against ...

Bananas are a main source of vitamins and minerals among various kinds of tropical fruits. However, its consumption is becoming less due to intentional chemical usage for artificial ripening which causes serious health ...