BMC plans 110-acre extension of Byculla zoo in Aarey Colony
MUMBAI: Bringing Humboldt penguins to Byculla zoo is a significant but small part of the BMC's ambitious zoological plans for the city. Not only is the Byculla zoo being refurbished, making place for...
View ArticleCuttlefish mating preferences decoded: males prefer mysterious mate, on-heat...
(Source: Macquarie University) A new study has investigated the mating preferences of the giant Australian cuttlefish, finding that females were most receptive if they had not recently mated, while...
View ArticleInfanticide common among adult males in many mammal species
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Predators such as leopards and cheetahs are not the biggest mortal threat to baby Chacma baboons, large and aggressive monkeys that live across southern Africa....
View ArticleBritish Zoo Bans Guests From Wearing Animal Prints, Saying it Confuses Animals
A zoo resort in England is taking a rare step in enforcing guest fashion by banning animal prints, which they say confuse some of the more than 1,000 animals on its grounds. Chessington World of...
View ArticleFriends forever
If you’re a fan of Tom and Jerry, you probably believe that cats and mice can never be friends. But if you like the Madagascar movies, you know that anything is possible. Alex the lion, Marty the...
View ArticleJapanese zoo abandons bid to mate hyena 'couple' as both male
Tokyo (AFP) - Zookeepers in Japan have abandoned a years-long attempt to have two spotted hyenas mate and reproduce as both turned out to be male. The Maruyama Zoo in Sapporo, northern...
View ArticleWhite tiger dies after female attacks during mating
CHENNAI: The first mating proved fatal for a three-and-a-half-year-old male white tiger at the Vandalur zoo. Sembian, who suffered serious injuries on his head when his seven-year-old partner turned...
View ArticleZoo’s new lions, a ‘sign’ Ivory Coast is moving out of crisis
ABIDJAN: The eyes of 30-odd uniformed schoolchildren light up at the sight of three magnificent lions brought to Abidjan zoo to replace the big cats that starved to death during post-election violence...
View ArticleMating bid turns fatal for white tiger at Chennai's Vandalur Zoo
A three-year-old male white tiger succumbed to injuries suffered during a fight with its potential mate, a nine-year-old Royal Bengal tigress, at Vandalur Zoo on Thursday. The tigress, also severely...
View ArticleMating bid turns fatal for white tiger at zoo
A three-year-old male white tiger succumbed to injuries suffered during a fight with its potential mate, a nine-year-old Royal Bengal tigress, at Vandalur Zoo on Thursday. The tigress, also severely...
View ArticleAnimal Photos Of The Week: Pandas, Polar Bears And More Pictures
Some of the most popular animal stories from the last week include: $5.3 million in illegal animal parts were seized in Hong KongA strange disease is affecting lobsters up the New England coastSpiders...
View ArticleWildlife centre at Vandalur zoo replaces night safari
The advanced research institute for wild species, proposed to be set up in Vandalur zoo, will come up on a portion of land earlier earmarked for a night safari project. In 2007, a night safari was...
View Article500 animals may get a new home in Delhi Zoo
The Delhi Zoo authorities have drawn up an ambitious plan under which around 500 new animals, including some exotic species, will be acquired from various countries in the next few years. Zoo curator...
View ArticleDelhi zoo draws up plan to acquire 500 new animals
NEW DELHI: Delhi zoo authorities have drawn up an ambitious plan under which around 500 new animals including some exotic species will be acquired from various countries in the next few years. Zoo...
View ArticleEvolutionary reason for massive difference in size between male and female...
The paper is published today in Proceedings of the Royal Society B. In an environment lacking large mammals, New Zealand's giant moa (Dinornis) evolved to be one of the biggest species of bird ever,...
View ArticleWhy some mammals kill off infants
In the early 1970s, Sarah Blaffer Hrdy, then a graduate student at Harvard, travelled to India to study Hanuman langurs, monkeys that live in troops, each made up of several females and a male. From...
View ArticleKudzu Bug Invasion Could Affect U.S. Soybean Crops
From Megan Gannon, LiveScience News Editor: Pesky vines of kudzu native to Asia have crept throughout the southeastern United States in recent decades, and now a stinkbug that feeds on the plant is...
View ArticleZebras from Israel will perk up Bannerghatta Biological Park
Guess who'll wait to see you at the Bannerghatta Biological Park (BBP) from August? Four zebras that are coming all the way from the Ramat Gan Safari Park in Israel. Earlier this year, the BBP had...
View ArticleAnimal Photos Of The Week: Bactrian Camel, Sumatran Tiger Cub And More Pictures
Here’s a recap of animal stories and events from the past week: A couple hundred of the rarest orangutans in the world were found in Borneo.Land in Puerto Rico was designated as an official nesting...
View ArticleEarly female bonds boost male birds' mating success
Male zebra finches that fail to socialise with females during adolescence are less successful at courtship later in life, a study says. This effect mimics the "loser effect" where, after a defeat, an...
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