Elephants

The World Wildlife Day marked annually on March 3 to raise the awareness on the wildlife is celebrated under the theme "Recovering key species for ecosystem restoration" this year.

Conservationists and veterinarians are warning that plastic waste in an open landfill in eastern Sri Lanka is killing elephants.

Various government agencies have joined hands to control the tigers in the Raptisonari of Banke after the tigers started killing more people daily.

Two elephants were killed after being hit by a train in Morigaon district of India's northeastern state of Assam, a Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) spokesperson said.

A hefty set of tusks is usually an advantage for elephants, allowing them to dig for water, strip bark for food and joust with other elephants. But during episodes of intense ivory poaching, those big incisors become a liability.

Environmentalists in Sri Lanka are challenging a court order issued earlier this month.

Six national parks in Tarai have been using domesticated elephants for the conservation of wild animals.

China's famous herd of wandering elephants continued to linger in the Shijie Township in the city of Yuxi, southwest China's Yunnan Province, authorities said.

Amid COVID-19 fear in animals, a total of 28 elephants underwent the COVID-19 test on Tuesday at Mudumalai Tiger Reserve in Chennai.