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

A Sri Lankan express train has fatally struck an elephant despite new safety measures introduced after the same train killed 7 elephants in a previous crash.

Sri Lanka train kills elephant, marking the country's worst wildlife railway accident in three months. Police and railway personnel examine a derailed train at Habarana in eastern Sri Lanka on ...

Train kills elephant in Sri Lanka's latest wildlife-railway accident. CBSNews. Tue, May 20, 2025 at 7:23 AM UTC. 2 min read.

Sri Lanka tourists narrowly escape elephant that broke into their van, stole sandwich in wild video By . Nicholas Finch, News.com.au. Published Dec. 15, 2023, 11:13 a.m. ET.

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 ...

A top travel advisor shares why Sri Lanka is the perfect destination for families, animal lovers, and history buffs alike.

Wildlife veterinary officers are treating a female elephant and an injured calf who survived in the city of Giritale, Sri Lanka’s state-owned Daily News reported Thursday.

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.. Raja, a ...

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

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 ...

Item 1 of 5 A 29-year-old elephant named Sak Surin, an ailing male Thai elephant, which was gifted to Sri Lanka by the Thai government in 2001, rests in water while receiving medical help, before ...