Muthu Raja was in pain and covered in abscesses when removed from the temple last November A Thai elephant given to Sri Lanka in 2001 has returned to its birthplace after a diplomatic row over its ...

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 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 ...

The latest complications occurred when wildlife officials were directed to conduct elephant drives to move elephants ...

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 ...

(X/@AMAZlNGNATURE) (Also read: 'Tax collector' elephant halts vehicles in Sri Lanka to gather food, goes viral for his hustle) The video, shared by the account @AmazingNature on X (formerly ...

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.

The Department of Wildlife Conservation has initiated an operation to use GPS technology in managing the movement of wild ...

Unusual activities are being reported in the areas where the elephants are being cased or captured to prevent elephant-human ...