Kandy's historic Temple of the Tooth hosted the Esala Perahera Buddhist festival. Elaborately decorated elephants led a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A sign alerts train operators to the presence of wild elephants, near the site where a passenger train hit a herd and killed six ...

Sri Lanka's main elephant orphanage marked its 50th anniversary Sunday with a feast of fruit for the 68 jumbos at the showpiece center, reputedly the world's first care home for destitute pachyderms.

Sri Lanka’s green highlands open into a journey toward the island’s wilder landscapes, where mountain views gradually give ...

As Sri Lanka’s tamed elephant population dwindles to just 93, the nation must strike a careful balance between modern animal ...

The famous Kandy Esala Perahera procession is one of Sri Lanka’s most vibrant religious-cultural celebrations, which ...

Each year, as they have for centuries, hundreds of elephants descend on the shores of an ancient reservoir in Sri Lanka's north-central Minneriya National Park. The migration is called "The Gathering.

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — A train carrying thousands of gallons of fuel hit a herd of wild elephants in northeast Sri Lanka, killing two of the giant mammals and injuring one other as two of its tankers ...

This archived news story is available only for your personal, non-commercial use. Information in the story may be outdated or superseded by additional information. Reading or replaying the story in ...

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

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Police and railway personnel examine a derailed train at Habarana in eastern Sri Lanka on February 20, 2025, which killed six ...