Sri Lanka has a new answer to toll booths -- a tax-collecting elephant. Instead of searching the car for some spare change, you must offer up a tasty snack before Raja allows you to pass. Raja, a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. No passengers were injured in the accident, which occurred some 110 miles by road east of the capital Colombo. Railway authorities ...

Claims of a spike in elephant deaths in Sri Lanka this year — amplified by social media and public officials — don’t add up, reports Mongabay contributor Malaka Rodrigo. In fact, analysis of the ...

Wildlife authorities in Sri Lanka on Sunday found seven carcasses of young elephants believed to have drowned in the biggest single loss of the animals in five years. An official said the onset of the ...

It’s not every day that you meet an elephant – and when you do, you don’t expect it to break into your van. But that’s exactly what happened to the Basanayake family, tourists from Perth on holiday in ...

Six elephants died after a train hit them on the tracks and then derailed at Habarana in eastern Sri Lanka Videos shot after the accident showed one elephant standing guard over an injured youngster ...

Human–elephant conflict (HEC) in Sri Lanka results in significant loss of human life, elephant deaths, and extensive damage to crops and property. Despite numerous interventions over the decades, the ...

Ear-flapping youngsters playfully fought, fuzzy toddlers rolled in the dirt, gal-pals squirted each other with water, moms nursed newborns and a brawny frustrated guy sniffed up a potential mate’s ...

Here's something you don't expect to see at your hotel - unless maybe you're in Sri Lanka. A guest recorded this video of a wild elephant casually walking the hotel lobby and heading down a hallway.

Colombo — A Sri Lankan express train killed an elephant and was derailed on Tuesday despite safety measures introduced after the country's worst wildlife railway accident three months ago on the same ...