The researchers figured out the eating habits of the elephants by sequencing the plant DNA found in their dung. Stock image of a mother elephant and her baby in Serengeti National Park, Tanzania.

Wild elephants in Sri Lanka have been eating rubbish from a landfill site near their habitat, heartbreaking pictures reveal. The photos, captured by Jaffna-based photographer Tharmaplan Tilaxan ...

Wild elephants in Sri Lanka have been found with plastic products and non-digestive polythene in their stomachs after eating rubbish at a dump encroaching on their habitat. Heartbreaking images of ...

PALLAKKADU, Sri Lanka (AP) — Conservationists and veterinarians are warning that plastic waste in an open landfill in eastern Sri Lanka is killing elephants in the region, after two more were ...

Elephants at the Berlin Zoo share a Christmas tree snack. Vendors donate unsold trees to the zoo for the elephants to play with and eat. (Andreas Rentz/Getty Images) ...

Photos: Elephants dying from eating plastic waste in Sri Lankan garbage dump by: The Associated Press, Nexstar Media Wire. Posted: Jan 14, 2022 / 06:14 AM EST. Updated: Jan 14, 2022 / 06:14 AM EST.

PALLAKKADU, Sri Lanka (AP) — Conservationists and veterinarians are warning that plastic waste in an open landfill in eastern Sri Lanka is killing elephants in the region, after two more were ...

Photos: Elephants dying from eating plastic waste in Sri Lankan garbage dump by: The Associated Press, Nexstar Media Wire. Posted: Jan 14, 2022 / 08:04 AM EST. Updated: Jan 14, 2022 / 08:04 AM EST.

Photos: Elephants dying from eating plastic waste in Sri Lankan garbage dump by: The Associated Press, Nexstar Media Wire. Posted: Jan 14, 2022 / 08:50 AM EST. Updated: Jan 14, 2022 / 08:50 AM EST.

PALLAKKADU, Sri Lanka (AP) — Conservationists and veterinarians are warning that plastic waste in an open landfill in eastern Sri Lanka is killing elephants in the region, after two more were ...