Sri Lanka is an island nation with more than 8000 square miles of territorial waters, home to 29 documented species of marine mammals, including five large whale species – but until Asha de Vos ...

HAMBANTOTA, Sri Lanka — The first time Mahinda Samarawickrama, a farmer in Hambantota district, southern Sri Lanka, was attacked by an elephant, he’d gone down to the village reservoir at dawn ...

A whale dives near a busy shipping lane off southern Sri Lanka. Image courtesy of Oceanswell. Maritime expert Ayesh Ranawaka said sending ships on a detour would have an immediate economic impact.