COLOMBO — A group of barefoot Buddhist monks promoting peace, compassion, mindfulness and nonviolence has arrived in Sri Lanka, accompanied by an unlikely figure: a once stray dog named Aloka). The ...

Conservationists have slammed a move by a Sri Lanka court to return 14 endangered elephants to the suspected traffickers they were originally seized from in 2015. The elephants are part of a group of ...

Much controversy surrounds the use of the flags associated with the Sri Lankan people, mainly because they are loaded with ethnic symbolism in a country recovering from a generation-long civil war ...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — A passenger train hit an elephant herd near a wildlife sanctuary in Sri Lanka, killing six of the animals, an official said on Thursday. Four babies and two adults died near ...

YALA, Sri Lanka — Spotting a leopard at Yala National Park, Sri Lanka’s most famous wildlife park located in the deep south, tops the list of priorities for many local and foreign wildlife enthusiasts ...

On Tuesday, for the first time in 80 years, twin elephants were born in captivity in Sri Lanka, according to wildlife officials. A 25-year-old elephant named Surangi gave birth to the twin males at ...

Skyrocketing food prices that have plunged Sri Lankans into hardship look set to affect the 4,500 animals at the country’s main zoo. Dehiwala Zoo in Colombo has been hit by both runaway inflation and ...

A few years ago, a black panther was found in Sri Lanka, but it was dead in a trap. The animal was thought to be the last of its kind to exist in the Teardrop of India. However, Sri Lanka’s Department ...

Births at the island nation’s zoos are up 25 percent, a rare bright spot as Covid-19 ravages an economy closely tied to tourism. By Aanya Wipulasena COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — To prevent the worst of Covid ...

Sri Lankan wildlife officials are stunned -- the worst tsunami in memory has killed around 22,000 people along the Indian Ocean island’s coast, but they can’t find any dead animals. Subscribe to read ...

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. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get ...