Marine biologists at the University of California Santa Cruz have tagged thousands of northern elephant seals with smart ...

THE nation's main elephant orphanage marked its 50th anniversary with a fruit feast for the 68 jumbos at the showpiece centre ...

A new study suggests that elephant seals can serve as “smart sensors” for monitoring fish populations in the ocean’s twilight zone.

The orphanage opened in 1975, but Sri Lanka is also now facing a human-elephant conflict in areas bordering traditional wildlife sanctuaries.

The first elephant couple at Pinnawela was Vijaya and Kumari. Kumari gave birth to Sukumali on July 5, 1984. It was headline news. But the continued efforts of Pinnawela officials have made such ...

Sri Lanka marked the golden jubilee of the iconic Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage on Sunday, celebrating 50 years of caring for majestic giants at the sanctuary. Located about 90 km from Colombo in the ...

BREEDING: The breeding strategies for forest and savannah elephants are assumed to be mostly the same. Reproductive rates for both species are considered one of the slowest and most energy-intensive.

Sri Lanka's Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage celebrates 50 years of providing sanctuary to elephants. Inaugurated in 1975 with five elephants, it now houses 69. The facility cares for strays and injured ...

While the calf is a male, the other three Asian elephants at the zoo are female, meaning a new male will have to be brought in if the zoo wants to continue its breeding program. Doing so in ...

The elephant menace in Kodagu district has reached alarming levels, forcing farmers, plantation workers and residents to live ...