Sri Lankan authorities returned six orphaned and injured elephants to the wild on Thursday after nursing them back to health under a long-running conservation project, officials said. Two females and ...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Environmentalists in Sri Lanka are challenging a court order issued earlier this month that would allow the return of 14 illegally captured wild elephants to people accused ...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — In Sri Lanka, an elephant in the back yard has long been a sign of wealth, privilege and power. But these days it may also be a sign that someone is breaking the law.

No passengers were injured in the accident, which occurred some 110 miles by road east of the capital Colombo. Railway authorities said an investigation was underway, and engineers were trying to put ...

Six elephants died after a train hit them on the tracks and then derailed at Habarana in eastern Sri Lanka - Copyright AFP THOMAS KIENZLE Six elephants died after a ...

At least three wild elephants were found dead across Sri Lanka on Friday, officials said, a day after six young rescued elephants were returned to the jungle under a conservation drive. Wildlife ...

(Repeats story first issued at 0000 GMT) By Simon Gardner PIMBURELLEGAMA, Sri Lanka, March 20 (Reuters) - Shaking his head at an elephant carcass rotting by a lush paddy field in north Sri Lanka, park ...

Few sights in Sri Lanka are as captivating as a herd of elephants making their slow, majestic way to water. As I travelled around the island, I spent time in Rambukkana, just a short journey from the ...

Sri Lanka's most sacred elephant passed away at the age of 68 on Monday, prompting an outpouring of grief and a presidential order for the huge cadaver to be stuffed and preserved for posterity.

New animal protection laws in Sri Lanka require all domesticated elephants to have biometric identity cards and ban riders from drunkenly driving their elephants on the job. According to Barron's, ...