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 feeds ...

A 70-year-old elephant in Sri Lanka, whose emaciated state sparked a backlash earlier this year, has died, an animal rights charity said. Tikiri was among 60 elephants who were forced to march at ...

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 Chinese Ambassador to Sri Lanka, Qi Zhenhong, says that while some critics label the large-scale projects implemented in ...

Creating Change: Over the last three generations, the Sri Lankan Elephant population has declined by as much as 50%. Listed as endangered by the IUCN, current estimates suggest there are about ...

An officer attached to the Sri Lanka Navy Base in Punewa has been killed following an attack by a wild elephant ...

When booking a holiday to Sri Lanka, many dream of spotting an elephant on safari. What few expect is to open your room door in a plush hotel to see an elephant roaming the corridors. However ...

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 ...

COLOMBO, Oct. 25 (Xinhua) -- The number of elephant deaths has dropped by 50 percent so far this year compared with the corresponding period last year, Sri Lanka's environment ministry said on Friday.