Legend has it that before he became the Buddha, a young Prince Siddhartha Gautama nursed an injured sarus crane (Antigone ...

Archaeologists in Thailand uncovered 33 ancient gold, silver, and bronze treasures beneath a 1,300-year-old reclining Buddha statue. They found rare repoussé metal sheets depicting Buddha and ...

In Zimbabwe, a GPS-triggered alert system is helping to mitigate human-elephant conflict near Hwange National Park. Local volunteers, like Capon Sibanda, use real-time tracking data to warn ...

Two years in the making, Elephant Rock is nearing completion after giving new life to the old Victorian shelter on Marine Walk in Roker. The empty shelter and neighbouring old resorts office ...

A judge on Thursday declined a Los Angeles resident’s request for a restraining order that would have put a temporary stop on a bid by the Los Angeles Zoo to transfer aging elephants Billy and ...

JOHOR BAHRU May 14 — A married couple had a frightening experience when their vehicle hit an elephant at KM 50 of the Johor Bahru-Mersing road last night. Kota Tinggi District Police Chief Supt Yusof ...

🧐 "The auction house Sotheby's has postponed its sale in Hong Kong of hundreds of sacred jewels linked to the Buddha's remains, after a threat of legal action by the Indian government.

Sunny windy with highs around 80. Southwest winds 20 to 30 mph. Clear windy with lows in the upper 40s. West winds 20 to 30 mph diminishing to 5 to 10 mph after midnight. Sunny windy with highs in the ...

Sri Lanka’s booming tourism industry is putting its wild elephants at risk. In places like Dambulla, Habarana, Minneriya, Sigiriya, and Kaudulla, reckless safari practices and unethical tour ...

He is the author of Naked Statues, Fat Gladiators, and War Elephants (2021) and presents the Toldinstone channel on YouTube. He lives in Chicago.