Around 250 live Asian Elephants have been smuggled from Myanmar in the past decade, mostly destined for “elephant trekking” tourism activities in neighbouring Thailand, a new report by the wildlife ...

Myanmar's junta considers a rare white elephant recently born in western Myanmar as an auspicious sign - Copyright MYANMAR MILITARY INFORMATION TEAM/AFP/File Handout ...

WWF-Myanmar has organised an 8-day training to provide basic but vital knowledge to the Elephant Emergency Response Units on a variety of issues including law enforcement methods and intelligence ...

Mo Mo, a renowned female Asian elephant at the Yangon Zoological Gardens, enjoys a "cake" made of fruits and vegetables in Yangon, Myanmar, Oct. 26, 2025. Myanmar's beloved elephant, Mo Mo, celebrated ...

A rare white elephant has been born in western Myanmar, state media said on Wednesday, unveiling what many in the Buddhist-majority country believe to be an auspicious creature. Born last month in ...

Myanmar has found a rare white elephant in a forest in the western part of the country, the fifth in 10 years, reports local media. Forest Department officials caught the 18-year-old on September 23 ...

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 ...

As Myanmar starts to rely on more modern construction equipment, what happens to the elephants that used to do the work? Myanmar Elephants' Rights Threatened By Democracy President Barack Obama has ...

Myanmar, a Southeast Asian nation of more than 100 ethnic groups, bordering India, Bangladesh, China, Laos and Thailand is now the new growing market for ivory trade. This is according to a new report ...

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 ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Scientists at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute (SCBI) have found that poaching is an emerging crisis for Asian elephants in Myanmar.