Dehiwala Zoo - Sri Lanka

23/02/2026

Dehiwala Zoo - Sri Lanka

23/02/2026

Dehiwala Zoo - Sri Lanka

10/02/2026

08/02/2026

Call for Articles | Sanrakshana 🌿

The Young Zoologists’ Association of Sri Lanka invites researchers, conservationists, students, and nature enthusiasts to submit original articles to Sanrakshana, our official publication dedicated to wildlife, biodiversity, and conservation.
Join us in strengthening conservation awareness through knowledge sharing and scientific communication.

ලිපි සඳහා ආරාධනා | සංරක්ෂණ

ශ්‍රී ලංකා තරුණ සත්ත්වවේදීන්ගේ සංගමයේ නිල සඟරාව වන සංරක්ෂණ සඳහා පර්යේෂකයින්, සංරක්ෂණවේදීන්, සිසුන් සහ සොබාදහමට ආදරය කරන සියලු දෙනා හට ඔබගේ ලිපි අප වෙත යොමු කිරීමට ආරාධනා කරනු ලබයි.
දැනුම හුවමාරු කරගනිමින් සංරක්ෂණ දැනුවත්භාවය වර්ධනය කිරීමට අප සමඟ එක්වන්න.

08/02/2026

The Travelers and the Acrobats🐒🐒

On a sun-drenched morning at Dehiwala Zoo, the primate island is buzzing with more than just its usual residents. High in the canopy, the spider monkeys—masters of the New World forests—perform their gravity-defying stunts. Using their powerful prehensile tails like a fifth limb, they swing with an effortless grace that makes the heavy tropical air seem thin. But today, they have company.

The island sits directly on the ancestral flight path to the Attidiya Sanctuary, and for the local egrets the monkey enclosure is a tempting place to rest. As the white-winged egrets glide down to the water’s edge, the spider monkeys pause their play. These primates are intensely social and naturally curious; an encounter with a feathered visitor isn't just a distraction, it’s a social event.

Observers might see a juvenile monkey reach out a cautious hand or a bold duck waddle past a dangling tail. It is a rare "inter-species" meeting between the wild travelers of Sri Lanka and the acrobatic natives of the Americas. In these quiet moments of curiosity, we see the true intelligence of the spider monkey—a creature that doesn't just live in the forest, but actively engages with every visitor that enters its world.

04/02/2026

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01/02/2026

Reptile Education Zoo

01/02/2026

01/02/2026