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 ...

Agricultural expansion, fragmented habitats, and increasing attacks: the conflict leaves hundreds dead each year. The Jeep ...

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 ...

Sri Lanka has a new answer to toll booths -- a tax-collecting elephant. Instead of searching the car for some spare change, you must offer up a tasty snack before Raja allows you to pass. Raja, a ...

Colombo — A Sri Lankan express train killed an elephant and was derailed on Tuesday despite safety measures introduced after the country's worst wildlife railway accident three months ago on the same ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...