A train collided with a herd of elephants in Sri Lanka on Wednesday night, killing at least six of them, according to Sri Lanka Police. No passengers were injured, but wildlife veterinary officers ...

Sri Lanka vowed on Thursday to urgently tackle ... partly due to their significance in Buddhist culture. However, the massacre continues as desperate farmers struggle with elephants raiding ...

Killing or harming elephants is a criminal offence in Sri Lanka, which has an estimated 7,000 wild elephants and where jumbos are considered a national treasure, partly due to their significance in ...

A passenger train derailed after striking a herd of elephants near a wildlife reserve in central Sri Lanka in the early hours of Thursday. While no injuries were reported among passengers ...

On 1 December, 1984 LTTE cadres, including women fighters, attacked two Sinhala Catholic fishing villages, Nayaru and Kokkilai, killing 59 fishermen. [1] Kokkilai lagoon is an estuarine lagoon on ...

Sri Lanka vowed Thursday to urgently tackle costly clashes between villagers and wild elephants after reporting the deaths of nearly 1,200 people and over 3,500 animals in a decade.

Sri Lanka's main elephant orphanage marked its ... partly due to their significance in Buddhist culture. But the massacre continues as desperate farmers face the brunt of elephants raiding their ...