Sri Lanka's Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage is a major tourist attraction Sri Lanka's main elephant orphanage marked its 50th anniversary Sunday with a fruit feast for the 68 jumbos at the showpiece ...

On Tuesday, for the first time in 80 years, twin elephants were born in captivity in Sri Lanka, according to wildlife officials. A 25-year-old elephant named Surangi gave birth to the twin males at ...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — An elephant in Sri Lanka gave birth to twins Tuesday. This is the first time this has happened in almost 80 years, according to wildlife authorities. The mother elephant, ...

COLOMBO — Sri Lanka gave visiting New Zealand Prime Minister John Key a baby elephant on Wednesday, sparking anger from animal rights activists who said it was cruel to separate her from her family.

The 51st anniversary of the Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage of the Department of National Zoological Gardens was marked on Monday with the launch of the musth elephant enclosure. National Zoological ...

"The babies are relatively small, but they are healthy," said the head of the orphanage Abigail Adams is a Human Interest Writer-Reporter for PEOPLE. On Tuesday, for the first time in 80 years, twin ...