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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Sri Lanka is at war with one of its most revered animals, after 470 elephants were killed last year. With half of these deaths at the hands of humans, rural communities say the violence is not one ...

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 ...

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 ...

Recent sightings of golden jackals (Canis aureus naria) in Sri Lanka’s capital city underscore the significance of urban wetlands as sanctuaries for wildlife amid rapid urbanization. The jackals ...