At one time bird watchers had identified as many as 30 species of birds, many of them exotic, in this river. The waters which once boasted of almost 50,000 migratory birds every winter, are sans any

Five of the six South African giraffes imported to a south China zoo last month have died of a mystery ailment, reports said on Thursday. According to Xinhua news agency, the sixth giraffe at the

The African penguins at the Baltimore Zoo look like proper, upstanding penguins, but looks can be deceiving. What they know about sexual trickery could teach soap opera stars a thing or

The Science, Technology and Environment Ministry has instructed the Wildlife and National Parks Department of Malaysia to look into the possibility of setting up a research and development unit to

The Haryana Government has decided to implement a Rs 50 lakh scheme as part of its efforts to restore the glory of Sultanpur National Park, near Gurgaon, which received about 250 species of migratory

A four-day Indo-US workshop on monitoring tiger and prey populations has decided to comeout with a manual on new methodologies to monitor tiger population. Objectives of the workshop held at the

The systematic destruction of Kakoijana reserve forest in western Assam's Bongaigaon district is posing a serious threat to the survival of the world's rarest and endangered species, the Golden

The mini zoo at the public garden in Gulbarga (Bangalore) is in the eye of a storm with some organisations and local press charging that six deer died under mysterious circumstances last night.

The Supreme Court issued notices on a public interest petition, alleging total inaction by Wild Life Protection Authorities (WLPA), in booking certain political leaders of Andhra Pradesh allegedly

A Rs 264-crore World Bank-funded project for seven national parks of the country has triggered outrage among tribals living in the buffer area of the parks. The project seeks to keep the core forest