An occasional series where Mongabay founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis, perspectives and story summaries. For more than a century, Vatsala stood. Through wars and heatwaves, bureaucracies and ...

An AVAAZ petition addressed to Sri Lanka’s President Anura Kumara Dissanayake by Champa Fernando,  President of the Kandy ...

Asia’s oldest elephant has died at the astonishing age of over 100. While elephants are known for their long lifespans, it's exceptionally rare, practically unknown, for an Asian elephant to surpass a ...