The Sri Lankan government has intensified its efforts to mitigate human-elephant conflicts and reduce elephant fatalities, ...

With a single tusk that made him stand out, the majestic bull elephant Unicorn was a true king among the wild herds of ...

COLOMBO — More than a decade ago, Thushari, a young female elephant, born wild and free, would roam the landscapes of ...

The human-elephant conflict in Sri Lanka continues unabated. Although efforts by successive governments since the 1970s have reduced the rate of attrition, and there are about 7,000 elephants still in ...

The idea of having domesticated elephants has earned the wrath of environmentalists who maintain that the elephant is at its safest when given its space in the jungle Sri Lanka is an island where ...

Sri Lankan authorities are actively working to prevent elephant deaths caused by train collisions, following a tragic ...

Sri Lankan authorities are making attempts to stop elephant deaths from train collisions after last month’s tragedy in which seven elephants died after being struck by a train.      On February 20, ...

AFP Sri Lanka's wildlife and railway authorities announced ... Authorities said they had identified vulnerable stretches of railway tracks in elephant-inhabited forest areas in the island's ...