elephants

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Wild elephants are often seen near roads close to forest areas in Sri Lanka, where they sometimes attack passing vehicles.

From BBC • Jun. 26, 2026

He sat to review black-and-white footage from a camera he helped locate, describing "pride" at the sight of pig-tailed macaques, endangered wild dogs called dholes and his favourite, elephants.

From Barron's • Jun. 25, 2026

The site also contained stone tools along with the remains of elephants and other animals, suggesting the area was once used for butchering prey near the edge of an ancient lake.

From Science Daily • May 24, 2026

Founded in 1977, the Sheldrick Wildlife is renowned for its care of orphaned elephants and rhinos, rescuing and reintegrating them into the wild.

From BBC • May 6, 2026

They were nevertheless able to produce stone tools, and even managed occasionally to hunt down some of the island’s elephants—though, to be fair, the elephants were a dwarf species as well.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari