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

Wildlife veterinary officers are treating a female elephant and an injured calf who survived in the city of Giritale, Sri ...

Hidden beneath Egypt’s desert sands, scientists uncovered a nearly complete skull of Bastetodon, a 30-million-year-old ...

Berhampur: People living near the forests in Ganjam district's Ghumusar North division along the border with Kandhamal are gripped by fear as a herd of 28 elephants are roaming in the area for the ...

What are the best Star Wars games? There’s a wide range of games to choose from, and the quality varies wildly. It’s safe to say that Star Wars has produced the most and perhaps the highest ...

Over the course of almost 140 years they fought what became known as the Punic Wars: (The name Punic derives from the Romans’ word for the Carthaginians, Punicus or Poenicus, which refers to ...

Here, The Independent takes a look at some of the most significant moments of the war since it began. Hamas, which has controlled the Gaza Strip since 2007, invaded southern Israel, killing ...

Their motto is: "We know, we find, we destroy." President Trump's repeated claim before he took office, that he could end in just 24 hours the war that Russia launched with its full-scale invasion ...

Perth Zoo’s former elephant Permai has arrived safely at her new South Australian home, with keepers saying they are relieved the trip went safely. After a 40-hour trek from South Perth to the ...

A tourist has died after being trampled by an elephant while visiting Kruger National Park in South Africa, officials say. The animal "charged and trampled" the victim on Saturday, according to a ...

A tourist was trampled to death by an elephant on Saturday in South Africa’s famous Kruger National Park, the South African national parks agency (SANParks) has confirmed. “Today a tragic ...

Ian Walton/Getty A tourist has been trampled to death by an elephant while visiting a national park in South Africa. The victim was “charged and trampled” by an elephant near Crocodile River ...