The Prague Zoo, in the Czech Republic, has sent Sri Lanka six animals – a pair of Przewalski horses, a pair of river hippopotamuses, and a pair of Komodo dragons. They come in exchange for a pair of ...

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 ...

In a rare and a prestigious honour in the world of biological sciences, a newly discovered species of bronzeback snake has been named after one of Sri Lanka’s foremost herpetologists, Dr. A. A. Thasun ...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Hundreds of dead sea creatures, including whales and dolphins, have washed ashore in Sri Lanka, apparently poisoned by chemicals from a cargo ship that caught fire and sank ...

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 ...

Thor, an 11-year-old lion at Sri Lanka’s national zoo, has been isolated after PCR tests showed he was infected with COVID-19. Several lions at zoos in neighboring India have also reportedly ...

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 ...

Bleary-eyed tourists from all along Sri Lanka’s south coast were arriving at the harbor in Mirissa for a chance to spot a blue whale, thought to be the largest animal ever to have inhabited the ...

UDAWALAWE, Sri Lanka — Environmental activists in Sri Lanka have slammed a court order releasing endangered elephants into the custody of individuals suspected of involvement in their illegal ...

COLOMBO, March 15 (Xinhua) -- Sri Lanka conducted its first-ever census of animals considered harmful to agriculture on Saturday, said an official. Farmers were instructed to count only peacocks ...

COLOMBO — In December 2024, Sri Lanka’s newly appointed minister of agriculture K. D. Lalkantha told the Parliament that farmers should have the right to take action against crop-raiding wild ...