Sri Lanka’s coronavirus lockdown has helped reduce the death toll from clashes between elephants and humans, conservationists have said. A record 405 elephants were killed by humans in the country ...

Around 14% of Sri Lanka’s total land area is dedicated to wildlife protected areas, which includes more than 20 national ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Police and railway personnel examine a derailed train at Habarana in eastern Sri Lanka on February 20, 2025, which killed six ...

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BANGKOK (AP) — An ailing elephant that Thailand had presented to Sri Lanka more than two decades ago returned to his native land for medical treatment Sunday following allegations that the animal was ...

With 238 elephant deaths reported between January and end of July this year, including several iconic tuskers that were found dead, there is increasing concerns about possible organized crime network ...

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COLOMBO, Sri LankaCOLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Veterinarians are preparing to airlift an Asian elephant from Sri Lanka back to its home country of Thailand this weekend after it spent more than two decades at ...

It’s not every day that you meet an elephant – and when you do, you don’t expect it to break into your van. But that’s exactly what happened to the Basanayake family, tourists from Perth on holiday in ...

Six elephants died after a train hit them on the tracks and then derailed at Habarana in eastern Sri Lanka – Copyright AFP THOMAS KIENZLE A Sri Lankan passenger ...

HABARANA, Sri Lanka — As a four-day reggae, rock and hip hop music fiesta got underway Feb. 17, putting many wild animals inhabiting a forest reserve in Habarana in Sri Lanka’s North Central province ...

A train collided with a herd of elephants in Sri Lanka on Wednesday night, killing at least six of them, according to Sri Lanka Police. No passengers were injured, but wildlife veterinary officers are ...