Throughout my time in Sri Lanka, I learnt from our local guide, Sampath, an immense amount about the cultural importance of elephants, but being able to experience how that cultural importance ...

Zoo Officials Deeply Saddened by Loss of ... A similar incident in October 2024 took place in Sri Lanka wherein 20 elephants were crossing the tracks near Minneriya, when a passenger train struck ...

A passenger train derailed after striking a herd of elephants near a wildlife reserve in central Sri Lanka in the early hours of Thursday. While no injuries were reported among passengers ...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — A train carrying thousands of gallons of fuel hit a herd of wild elephants in northeast Sri Lanka, killing two of the giant mammals and injuring one other as two of its ...

A Thai elephant gifted to Sri Lanka two decades ago arrived back in its birth country on Sunday, following a diplomatic spat over the animal’s alleged mistreatment. Thai authorities had gifted ...

However, the video was actually filmed in neighbouring Sri Lanka. "After the government demolished their home... the family of elephants in Hyderabad set out in search of a new home," read a Hindi ...

We’ve been dodging dung all morning on this cycling journey, and I can barely contain my excitement. Elephants are revered in Sri Lanka, but they’re also in decline. As I pass the mound, I get a whiff ...

As students in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad protested the felling of a forested area for development, footage of a herd of elephants crossing farmland circulated alongside the false claim it ...

The present strategy pursued in managing wild elephants in Sri Lanka has many flaws, as it has failed to give due consideration to the growing body of research findings, reiterated a senior ...