The South China tiger may now be extinct in the wild, with its captive cousins set to follow within the next 20 to 30 years, official media reported on

A farmer in southwestern China has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for killing giant pandas, selling their pelts and stabbing and seriously injuring a policeman while resisting arrest in

Paucity of funds for a deer park in Khatauli, Uttar Pradesh, has put the survival of park animals in danger. The survival of 23 spotted deer, a sambhar deer, 15 rabbits and 20 guinnea pigs at the

The Bombay high court on Tuesday dismissed a public interest litigation petition challenging a decision of the zoo authorities to gift three lions and three elephants from the Mumbai zoo to the

In a major breakthrough, the Hyderabad based Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) has developed a new technique for isolation of DNA from scat (faecal matter) of lions and tigers, which

Some 300 tortoises have been stolen from a temple in northern Penang state, believed to be the work of a gambling syndicate using the reptiles for racing, a report said today. "We recently received

The production and sale of 'shahtoosh' shawls will not be banned in Jammu and Kashmir despite such an order in force elsewhere in the country, the state's Industries and Commerce Minister, Mr. Bodh

A fire aboard the whaling factory ship Nisshin Maru raised doubts yesterday about whether Japan would be able to run its annual whale hunt in Antarctica. Nisshin Maru, the world's only active factory

The survival of 23 cheetal, a sambhar, over 15 rabbits and 20 guinea pigs at the famous deer park in Khatauli (U.P) is threatened after the Forest Department has backed of from looking after them,

Four employees of the Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited (SNGPL) were caught by a team of the Wildlife department for hunting partridges at Chakwal (Pakistan). The raiding party, lead by the Chakwal