Police in Sri Lanka have arrested three men for allegedly burning a wild elephant with flaming torches while trying to chase ...

Wildlife officials said the animal had first been shot and wounded before being set alight. Read more at straitstimes.com.

As of July , about 198 wild elephants were reported dead over the first seven months of the year in Sri Lanka. The cumulative ...

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Sri Lankan police have arrested three men accused of burning a wild elephant alive, an act that has drawn widespread outrage ...

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

Two weeks after Cyclone Ditwah struck Sri Lanka, the actual environmental cost of the disaster remains largely unknown, as ...

Sri Lanka is home to nearly 7,000 elephants, an animal that is legally protected due to its deep cultural and religious ...

Conservationists have slammed a move by a Sri Lanka court to return 14 endangered elephants to the suspected traffickers they were originally seized from in 2015. The elephants are part of a group of ...

Births at the island nation’s zoos are up 25 percent, a rare bright spot as Covid-19 ravages an economy closely tied to tourism. By Aanya Wipulasena COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — To prevent the worst of Covid ...

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 Associated ...

At least four whales, 20 dolphins and 176 turtles are among the dead as the nation grapples with its worst environmental disaster. By Aanya Wipulasena COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Hundreds of dead sea ...