In the half-light before sunrise, when the land still belongs to shadows and silence, Sri Lanka’s wilderness begins its ancient ritual of awakening. A solitary leopard melts into the golden grasses of ...

Sri Lankan authorities are considering banning the use of a human contraceptive injection for animals. A proposed pilot project to inject a human contraceptive on 50,000 dogs sparked outrage, ...

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 ...

There are street dogs and cats all over the world, but one country that sometimes goes under the radar when we think of those with large populations is Sri Lanka. However, it’s thought that there are ...

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. Giant waves washed ...

DEDURU OYA, Sri Lanka (AP) — An invasive fish is threatening the livelihood of people in this northwestern village by aggressively eating traditional fish and shellfish species in the Deduru Oya ...

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 ...

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 ...