The first lions came from Mesopotamia. Native babus were bewildered by giraffes. A memorabilia book to mark 150 years of the Alipore soo offers a peek into several such delectable nuggets from the ...

CALCUTTA, India – One of the world's oldest creatures, a giant tortoise believed to have been about 250 years old, has died in the Calcutta zoo where it spent more than half its long life. Addwaita, ...

(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 ...

A 34-month-old tigress, which was brought from Nandankanan in Odisha, died of an unknown disease, the third such death of Royal Bengal Tigress, in Alipore zoo in south Kolkata, triggering concerns ...

KOLKATA: A third tigress has died within three months at the city's Alipore Zoological Garden on Wednesday, raising questions ...

Tracing the journey of Kolkata’s iconic zoological garden, its founders, their wildlife heritage — and the spirit of a well-known nawab The journey of the Alipore Zoo: Finnish Prime Minister Dr. V.J.

KOLKATA: It's been 18 years since a tiger cub was born in Alipore zoo. All efforts at breeding since 2006, when Krishna gave birth to a male cub, have gone in vain because the males are either not ...

CALCUTTA, India (AP) -- One of the world's oldest creatures, a giant tortoise believed to have been about 250 years old, has died in the Calcutta zoo where it spent more than half its long life.

When was the last time you visited a zoo with your family? When you’re raising twin boys, finding ways to tire them out without exhausting yourself is a skill worth having. I’ve learnt that the sweet ...

Goutam Guchhait, a 40-year-old man from West Bengal, was arrested on Wednesday after he beheaded his wife and walked around in public with her severed head. The horrific scene in Purba Medinipur ...

Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], February 26 (ANI): A new mini zoo has come up in West Bengal's Kolkata. The zoo has been set up in New town Rajarhat and named as "Harinalaya". It has been developed ...