(MENAFN- IANS) Kolkata, Sep 1 (IANS) A division bench of the Calcutta High Court, on Monday, ruled that the land of the iconic zoological garden at Alipore in Kolkata could not be used for commercial ...

Two crocodiles strayed from their enclosure as heavy rain inundated the Alipore Zoological Museum on September 23 before being put back in after an hour, officials said. The reptiles were spotted by ...

Kolkata: Two back-to-back tiger deaths, including that of the oldest tiger, have been reported from the Alipore Zoological Gardens, prompting the state forest department to form a committee to probe ...

Kolkata: The city has relived its connect with Jane Goodall, a British primatologist and conservationist known for her work on chimpanzees in East Africa, who passed away on Wednesday. Goodall, the ...

(MENAFN- IANS) Kolkata, Sep 11 (IANS) The Chief Wildlife Warden (CWLW), West Bengal, has ordered a high-level probe into the deaths of two adult tigresses at Kolkata's iconic zoological garden at ...

In the annual cultural calendar of Kolkata, Durga Puja sits right at the top. Preparations for the autumnal festival begin in the early summer months as artisans begin crafting idols from fistfuls of ...

June 13 (UPI) --A chimpanzee escaped from its enclosure at a zoo in India and was on the loose for about 10 minutes before being safely contained. Visitors to the Alipore Zoo in Kolkata said the ...