COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Environmentalists in Sri Lanka are challenging a court order issued earlier this month that would allow the return of 14 illegally captured wild elephants to people accused ...

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 ...

Wildlife authorities in Sri Lanka on Sunday found seven carcasses of young elephants believed to have drowned in the biggest single loss of the animals in five years. An official said the onset of the ...

Claims of a spike in elephant deaths in Sri Lanka this year — amplified by social media and public officials — don’t add up, reports Mongabay contributor Malaka Rodrigo. In fact, analysis of the ...

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 badly abused ...

According to authorities, the elephants entered several villages in Valaichchenai at around 6:00 a.m. local time, causing ...

Sri Lanka's most sacred elephant passed away at the age of 68 on Monday, prompting an outpouring of grief and a presidential order for the huge cadaver to be stuffed and preserved for posterity.

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 ...

PALLAKKADU, Sri Lanka - Conservationists and veterinarians are warning that plastic waste in an open landfill in eastern Sri Lanka is killing elephants in the region, after two more were found dead ...