Scientists have developed "environment-friendly" artificial guinea-pigs for dissection and other experiments in laboratories to prevent cruelty to animals. The animals, made from high quality rubber,

Over 100 snakes were retrieved from snake- exhibitors on Nag Panchami on Monday due to the efforts of the animal activists, the forest department and the police. There has been a visible decline in

Billy, 82 who like Joy Adams of Born Free fame raised a tigress cub Tara as a pet, is in the eye of a storm over Tara's progeny having allegedly polluted Indian genes. Conversationists say these

Nearly 160 Mallards, a species of duck, were seized from the Old Delhi Railway Station on Sunday. One man has been arrested and remanded to judicial custody by the Wildlife Department. The accused,

Not much headway is being made towards declaring Royal Bardiya National Park (RBNP) 'gift to the earth', a high ranking official at the Department of National Park and Wildlife Conservation (DNPWC)

Dangerous flyash: Rain water has collected in the low-lying areas in the zoo where the ground level is at least 5 meter below that of the Yamuna. There is no natural drainage system to pump out the

With six illiterate helpers, the turtle lady of Karachi fights an uninformed public, a broke government and wild dogs to save eggs laid by endangered turtles on Pakistan's southern beaches. Giant

A move which could well have been hailed as an act of magnanimity on the part of the Dudhwa district administration has merely served to revive an inconclusive debate. Nearly 30 families landless

It is a discovery which will sent naturalists and ecologists in a tizzy. For it portends hope amidst the pollution and deforestation that is ravaging the fringes of the metropolis. At least three

As the year 2000 approaches, there is a spurt in illegal wildlife trade with India becoming a conduit to smuggle wildlife and its products, according to a latest World Wide Fund for Nature-India