COLOMBO — Bhathiya is a tusker whose towering presence once symbolized the majestic beauty of Sri Lanka’s wild elephants ...

At least three wild elephants were found dead across Sri Lanka on Friday, officials said, a day after six young rescued ...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka— Human-elephant and human-leopard encounters in Sri Lanka have garnered much attention in recent months and years, and for good reason: More than 14,500 incidents of human ...

YALA NATIONAL PARK, Sri Lanka — Wildlife officials in Sri Lanka expressed surprise Wednesday that they found no evidence of large-scale animal deaths from the weekend’s massive tsunami. An ...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — A passenger train hit an elephant herd near a wildlife sanctuary in Sri Lanka, killing six of the animals, an official said Thursday. Four babies and two adults died near ...

Wildlife officials in Sri Lanka expressed surprise Wednesday that they found no evidence of large-scale animal deaths from the tsunamis — indicating that animals may have sensed the wave coming ...

Kanchana Wijesekera, Sri Lanka’s state minister for fisheries, said that the ship’s operator was making a payment of $3.6 million to affected fishermen as part of the initial damage claim of ...

Animal welfare activists , together with Sagarika Rajakarunanayake at the World Animal Day celebration held at Park Street Mews and co hosted by Harpo Gooneratne and his team. Sri Lanka’s animal ...

Without humans around, Sri Lanka’s zoo animals enjoy a pandemic baby boom. Births at the island nation’s zoos are up 25 percent, a rare bright spot as Covid-19 ravages an economy closely tied ...

Sri Lanka's government has agreed to ban the ritual sacrifice of animals and birds at Hindu temples on the island. A government spokesman told the BBC the move was proposed by the Hindu Religious ...