An intruding monkey at a Sri Lankan electrical grid substation caused a general island-wide blackout on Sunday, government officials said. 'A monkey has come in contact with our grid transformer ...

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A countrywide power outage that left many stuck without cool air during a sweltering hot day in Sri Lanka has been blamed on a rogue monkey who climbed into a power station south of the capital ...

Sri Lanka will launch a nationwide census of nuisance wildlife, including monkeys and peacocks, as part of an effort to tackle the increasing threat to agriculture, the government said Wednesday.

More than 40,000 officials counted animals near farms and homes, highlighting the damage caused by wildlife to agricultural ...

Like with Sri Lanka’s langurs, both are examples of leucism ... James Emerson Tennent documented an instance of a white monkey being taken from Ambepussa and Kornegalle in Sabaragamuwa province ...

Sri Lanka is the fourth-largest coconut products ... The census comes after an incident in February when a monkey caused a nationwide blackout and power cuts lasting for three days.

In 2023, the then agricultural minister proposed exporting some 100,000 toque macaques to Chinese zoos, but the monkey business was abandoned following protests from environmentalists. Sri Lanka ...

Officials counted animals near farms and homes, highlighting the damage caused by wildlife to agricultural production.

Sri Lanka removed several species from its protected list in 2023, including all three of its monkey species as well as peacocks and wild boars, allowing farmers to kill them.

In 2023, the then agricultural minister proposed exporting some 100,000 toque macaques to Chinese zoos, but the monkey business was abandoned following protests from environmentalists. Sri Lanka ...