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 ...

Atlanta (CNN) — 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. Atlanta (CNN) — A train collided with a herd of ...

The government has also announced that 1,195 people and 3,484 elephants have been killed in the past decade due to the worsening human-elephant conflict on the island.Killing or harming elephants is a ...

A herd of elephants are returning to land that is now used as a massive solar plant. Raising concerns over the future of this ...

In one of the worst wildlife tragedies in Sri Lanka, a train transporting fuel collided with a herd of wild elephants, ...

Agricultural expansion, fragmented habitats, and increasing attacks: the conflict leaves hundreds dead each year. The Jeep slowly advances along a dusty red track as the dawn light filters through 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 ...

Conservationists and veterinarians are warning that plastic waste in an open landfill in eastern Sri Lanka is killing elephants in the region, after two more were found dead over the weekend. Around ...

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 ...

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 ...