Baby elephant twins born last week on a timber camp in Myanmar are thriving after a wobbly first few days in the world, officials told AFP on Thursday. Pearl Sint was born a few minutes before her ...

Scientists at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute (SCBI) have found that poaching is an emerging crisis for Asian elephants in Myanmar. Researchers first became aware of the crisis while ...

An emerging black market for elephant skins is putting new pressure on elephant populations in Myanmar. Poaching has long been a problem in the country. But in the past, ivory was the draw and males ...

YANGON — Myanmar’s forestry department has captured a rare white elephant in the jungles of the country’s western Ayeyarwaddy region, an official said on Sunday. The 7-year-old female was captured on ...

When an unexpectedly cold front from China descended on parts of Southeast Asia this past week, people in Thailand, Myanmar, Laos and Cambodia bundled up in coats to stave off the region’s unusual ...

MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia's President Vladimir Putin hailed expanding ties with ally Myanmar at talks with its military junta chief on Tuesday and thanked him for gifting Moscow six elephants. Military ...

Elephants are playing important roles in the country's civil war, but the conflict casts a dark shadow over their future.

Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute scientists are tracking Asian elephants in Myanmar’s Ayeyarwady region using GPS collars. Though they set out to understand how elephants use the land, their ...

MOSCOW, March 4. /TASS/. Russian President Vladimir Putin warmly thanked Myanmar Prime Minister Min Aung Hlaing for the gift he had given him earlier - six young elephants. "I can't help but thank you ...

Baby elephant twins born last week on a timber camp in Myanmar are thriving after a wobbly first few days in the world – Copyright AFP Sai Aung MAIN Baby elephant ...