The regulations are clear: elephants should not be paraded for more than six hours at a stretch. An elephant that has been paraded one night should not be paraded the next day. Elephants should ...

killing at least six of them, according to Sri Lanka Police. No passengers were injured, but wildlife veterinary officers are treating a female elephant and an injured calf in the city of Giritale ...

A passenger train has hit an elephant herd near a wildlife sanctuary in Sri Lanka and killed six of the animals COLOMBO, Sri Lanka -- A passenger train hit an elephant herd near a wildlife ...

Present-day elephants are the biggest land animals. The African bush elephant (Loxodonta africana) weighs over 10 tons and is up to 13 feet tall. Their Asian relatives, Elephas maximus, rank next on ...

When a bull elephant and hippo meet in a watering hole, it’s not always a peaceful coexistence. In the accompanying footage, captured by Scott Hyman in Botswana, South Africa, the much larger ...

20, 2025. (AP Photo/Priyan Malinda) An alert signboard stands near the site where a passenger train hit a herd and killed six elephants in Minneriya, Sri Lanka, Thursday, Feb. 20, 2025. (AP ...

Create a giant, foaming reaction that will astound kids with this Elephant Toothpaste Science Experiment. This simple science experiment is a another erupting science that thrills kids of all ages.

Sri Lanka’s main elephant orphanage marked its 50th anniversary on Sunday with a fruit feast for the 68 jumbos at the showpiece centre, reputedly the world’s first care home for destitute ...

We’re all familiar with the major bones of a human body, although many folks don’t know their official names. Far less well-known are some small bones, most of which are really tiny, roughly the size ...

The number of wild elephants killed in last night's train collision has risen to six, authorities confirmed. A herd of seven elephants was struck by a train, killing five on impact, including ...

Adopting an elephant helps to support Born Free’s work in preventing elephants’ mistreatment and endangerment. We work to stop elephants from being poached and killed for their ivory, as well as ...