Wildlife officers in Sri Lanka report male elephants engaging in same-sex bonding, grooming and mounting in national parks.

In a bid to reduce the human-wildlife conflict and safeguarding the endangered Sri Lankan Leopard (Panthera pardus kotiya) ...

Male elephants can be seen ‘holding hands’ by intertwining their trunks, and grooming each other to show affection. They even ...

Gay elephants have been observed ‘engaging in same-sex bonding’ and ‘mounting’ by wildlife officers in Colombo, Sri Lanka.

In a bold step to address one of Sri Lanka’s most pressing conservation and rural development challenges, the United Nations ...

The global travel website Big 7 Travel has ranked Sri Lanka as the most beautiful island in the world for 2025. According to ...

Under the blanket of darkness, giant trucks rumbled through the narrow roads of Sri Lanka’s Mannar district, their headlights ...

Phew. I’m back on level ground, red-faced, shaky-legged but exhilarated after a hot climb up and down the steps that wind ...

At the 60th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC), the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights ...

Sri Lanka’s name comes from the Sanskrit phrase śrī laṅ kā, meaning “resplendent island,” and it lives up to the name. Shaped ...

The United Nations Human Rights Office’s report on Sri Lanka details entrenched and systemic rights violations—including ...

Wildlife conservationists have sounded the alarm that leopard poaching in Sri Lanka is being carried out more systematically ...