A passenger train has struck a herd of elephants near a wildlife sanctuary in Sri Lanka, killing six of the animals, an official said. Four babies and two adults died near Minneriya, about 124 ...

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 ...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — A passenger train hit an elephant herd near a wildlife sanctuary in Sri Lanka, killing six of the animals, an official said on Thursday. Four babies and two adults died near ...

A tragic incident occurred in Sri Lanka when the Batticaloa-Colombo train, called "Meenagaya," collided with a herd of elephants near Gal Oya in Polonnaruwa. Six elephants were killed and the ...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — A passenger train hit an elephant herd near a wildlife sanctuary in Sri Lanka, killing six of the animals, an official said on Thursday. Four babies and two adults died near ...

A Sri Lankan passenger train derailed after smashing into a family of elephants, with no passengers injured but six animals killed ... “briefly studied” in African elephants – remaining ...

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 ...

“Earlier the number of wild elephants ... tusker Padayappa and other elephants are mostly destroying illegal roadside shops in Munnar. “The majority of such shops hinder the movement of wild ...