With the death of the lone red kangaroo in captivity in India, the Kolkata Zoo authorities have decided against keeping the pouched mammals...

"We have decided that we won't bring anymore kangaroos in the near future," a West Bengal Zoo Authority official told PTI.

Family planning programme has not been a success in a small pocket of Kolkata but the authorities have spotted a blessing in disguise in th...

Kolkata zoo may soon have a NRI caretaker — billionaire industrialist Lord Swraj Paul.

Alipore Zoo, the country's oldest formally stated zoological park, is for the first time availing the services of a dietitian for its anima...

Vodafone India has launched five global design outlets in Kolkata and its fringes, in its bid to boost retail presence and enhance distribu...

Critically endangered in the wild, several animals are now threatened even in zoos. Lucknow zoo has not been able to find partners for rhin...

Animals, critically endangered in the wild, are now threatened even in zoos. Lucknow zoo could not find partners for rhino, giraffe and hoo...

The Alipore zoo will announce new adoption schemes immediately after the Pujas.

A pair of Royal Bengal tigers has been selected for captive breeding to increase the number of the big cats at the Zoological Gardens.

For a few hours on Saturday morning, Kolkata airport will pay host to two special and unusual guests.

Infosys chairman N R Narayana Murthy is considering a proposal to adopt an animal at the Alipore Zoological Gardens.

Visitors will no longer have to peek through railings and cages to catch a glimpse of the Royal Bengal tiger at the Alipore Zoo.

The state on Friday said the full-fledged work on the 100-acre plot at Sunderbans' Jharkhali for a tiger rescue centre would start soon as ...

The Sunderbans tiger which was brought to Alipore zoo for treatment on Thursday is doing well now. Zoo officials said the big cat, aged abo...

One more person, suspected to be the kingpin of a racket dealing in rare animals and arrested earlier at Ajmer in Rajasthan in connection w...

Concerned over theft of eight rare species of Brazilian monkeys (marmosets) from Alipore zoo, an international animal rights organisation a...