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 ...

A call for coexistence by Ifham Nizam Sri Lanka’s human-elephant conflict (HEC) has become an increasingly tragic symbol of the struggle between conservation and development. As one of Asia’s most ...

This is the moment the world's loneliest elephant had his first contact with a member of his own species in eight years after being rescued from a dilapidated zoo. Kaavan, a Sri Lankan 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 ...

In recent years, the number of elephant collisions with trains has increased in Sri Lanka. Herds, whose natural habitats are being degraded or taken over by farmers, are struggling to find food ...

A man has been trampled to death by a wild elephant in Sri Lanka as his distraught family watched on. The man jumped out of his car in Kataragama, near Yala National Park, in a bid to stop 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.

Similarly, a Sri Lankan elephant named Raja has gained fame for "collecting tolls" from passing vehicles in exchange for food. Elephants are the largest creatures on land that have been a subject ...

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 ...

Sri Lankan citizens have many hopes and aspirations towards the incumbent government which was elected to power through a ...