In Sri Lanka, agamid lizard species are growing increasingly vulnerable due to three main factors: shrinking habitats, climate change and being traded as exotic pets. The Indian Ocean island is home ...

In parts of Sri Lanka, wild elephants are not confined to reserves — they regularly move through roads, villages, and hiking ...

COLOMBO — In December 2024, Sri Lanka’s newly appointed minister of agriculture K. D. Lalkantha told the Parliament that farmers should have the right to take action against crop-raiding wild animals.

Conservationists have slammed a move by a Sri Lanka court to return 14 endangered elephants to the suspected traffickers they were originally seized from in 2015. The elephants are part of a group of ...

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 ...

Saranga Dissanayak may be known for growing the many types of organic vegetables that he sells each week at the North End Community Improvement Collaborative North End Farmers Market. But Dissanayak, ...

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 ...