The Memphis Zoo's latest conservation effort is well underway in Sri Lanka. The effort seeks to keep animals safe and to root ...

COLOMBO — Sri Lanka continues to grapple with the human toll of Cyclone Ditwah, which triggered devastating floods and ...

(MENAFN- Colombo Gazette) Sri Lanka continues to record the highest number of elephant deaths in South Asia relative to its elephant population, according to official data released yesterday (26).

Colombo, Dec. 25 (Daily Mirror) - Sri Lanka has recorded the highest number of elephant deaths in South Asia and is often cited by conservationists as having the world’s highest elephant mortality ...

In addition to exposing weaknesses in our land management policy and practices in terms of irrigation and road infrastructure, soil conservation, crop-diversification, food system and market logistics ...

No people were injured in the accident, despite a partial derailment. As elephant habitat shrinks, such deadly encounters are on the rise. By Pragati K.B. Reporting from Bengaluru, India A passenger ...

RETETI ELEPHANT SANCTUARY, Kenya (AP) — We stood at the edge of a dusty corral baked by the equatorial sun and ringed by chest-high posts as thick as telephone poles. On some posts, workers had ...

Buddhist monks and environmentalists have urged the Sri Lankan government to adopt a nationwide program to prevent human-elephant conflict, after video footage of a wild elephant being shot and set on ...

As of July, about 198 wild elephants were reported dead over the first seven months of the year in Sri Lanka. The cumulative elephant death toll for 2024 stood at 388 on the island. Texas A&M Ecology ...

In September, a Sri Lankan court cracked down on illegal elephant trade. The court sentenced an elephant trafficker to 15 years in prison and a fine of 20.6 million Sri Lankan rupees, or roughly ...

Asian elephant Nhi Linh (foreground) is pregnant and due to give birth between mid-January and early March 2026 at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute. Male Spike ...