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Wild elephant encounters and ancient royal palaces are just some of the highlights of cycling through Sri Lanka, as Fiona Harper discovers.
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Bawa's approach in Kandalama emphasises environmental harmony ... head to Minneriya National Park to see Sri Lankan elephants in the wild. You are likely to spot plenty of these gentle giants ...
“The Gathering” in Sri Lanka’s Minneriya National Park is said to be among the world’s most spectacular wildlife phenomena. Every year, hundreds of elephants gather on a dry lakebed in the park that ...
Graph courtesy of CCR. A study by the department of zoology and environment sciences in Sri Lanka’s University of Colombo ...
A National Policy on Elephant Conservation and Management was drawn up outlining a new strategic approach to solve the HEC and approved by the Cabinet of Ministers in 2006. However, though nearly 10 ...
Silently emerging from the shadows of the rainforest, the lone elephant stepped gently onto the rain-soaked earth, leaving deep footprints in the muddy ground. It paused to feed on a banana tree ...
As students in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad protested the felling of a forested area for development, footage of a ...
A Thai elephant gifted to Sri Lanka two decades ago arrived back in its birth country on Sunday, following a diplomatic spat over the animal’s alleged mistreatment. Thai authorities had gifted ...
A Sri Lankan passenger train derailed ... from smallholder plots often fight back against elephants raiding their crops.
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 ...