By Uditha Jayasinghe and Thilina Kaluthotage GALGAMUWA, Sri Lanka, Oct 15 (Reuters) - Clad in his khaki wildlife officer’s ...

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 tankers ...

Wildlife enthusiast Pathum Bandara watched Kavantissa, believed to be Sri Lanka’s tallest living tusker, moving gently ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A sign alerts train operators to the presence of wild elephants, near the site where a passenger train hit a herd and killed six ...

Sri Lanka records the highest number of elephant deaths annually and the second-highest number of human deaths from the ...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — A passenger train hit an elephant herd near a wildlife sanctuary in Sri Lanka, killing six of the animals, an official said on Thursday. Four babies and two adults died near ...

Sri Lanka vowed Thursday to urgently tackle costly clashes between villagers and wild elephants after reporting the deaths of nearly 1,200 people and more than 3,500 animals in a decade. Environment ...

Ear-flapping youngsters playfully fought, fuzzy toddlers rolled in the dirt, gal-pals squirted each other with water, moms nursed newborns and a brawny frustrated guy sniffed up a potential mate’s ...

Sri Lanka's main elephant orphanage marked its 50th anniversary Sunday with a feast of fruit for the 68 jumbos at the showpiece center, reputedly the world's first care home for destitute pachyderms.