Zoo animals have their own games (Olympic diary)
August 10th, 2012 - 5:27 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 10 (IANS) Not to be outdone by the likes of sprint king Usain Bolt and swimming legend Michael Phelps, animals in the London Zoo have been busy ... Read more...
Posted in Sports |
Trip to zoo can teach kids more than books
May 29th, 2011 - 3:31 pm ICT by IANS
London, May 29 (IANS) A trip to the zoo can be more informative for a child than all the books on science and conservation or even classroom teaching.
Research conducted ... Read more...
Posted in World |
UK exhibition to tell you everything you ever wanted to know about wild sex
January 30th, 2011 - 4:30 pm ICT by ANI
London, Jan 30 (ANI): An exhibition at the Natural History Museum here will provide curious public an opportunity to explore the diversity of methods used for sex and reproduction in the natural ... Read more...
Posted in World |
10 coral species may vanish within 50 years
January 12th, 2011 - 4:44 pm ICT by IANS
London, Jan 12 (IANS) Scientists have identified 10 coral species that are the most endangered and may vanish within 50 years.Led by experts at London Zoo, the Edge Coral Reefs project has ... Read more...
Posted in Environment |
‘Shared interests’ form friendships
December 1st, 2010 - 4:24 pm ICT by ANI
London, Dec 1 (ANI): A new study has suggested we choose our friends mainly because we have shared interests and not necessarily because we like them the most.Scientists from the ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Foxes Kill Penguins at London Zoo
October 17th, 2010 - 10:00 pm ICT by Pen Men At Work
October 17, 2010 (Pen Men at Work): A probe in the last year’s incident of 11 South African and rock hopper penguins killing, at the 182-year old Zoo in London’s Regent’s Park, ... Read more...
Posted in World News |
Penguins killed by foxes in London Zoo
October 16th, 2010 - 9:02 pm ICT by IANS
London, Oct 16 (IANS) Penguins and some other animals were killed by foxes in London Zoo, a media report said Saturday.A probe report showed that 11 South African and rockhopper penguins ... Read more...
Posted in Environment |
75 years of the penguin that revolutionised publishing
August 26th, 2010 - 11:03 am ICT by IANS
By Britta Guerke
London, Aug 26 (DPA) As Penguin Books tells it, the idea of publishing good quality fiction in low-priced paperbacks arose on a railway platform. Waiting at Exeter station after a ... Read more...
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Amorous tortoise, 70, a hit in London zoo courtesy sexual behaviour!
February 14th, 2010 - 5:18 pm ICT by ANI
London, February 14 (ANI): A 70-year-old tortoise has been scoring points with visitors at London Zoo with his public displays of affection.'Dirty Dirk', a Galapagos tortoise weighing 31 stone, has been lavishing ... Read more...
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Nepal’s rhinos flourish under bodyguards
November 24th, 2009 - 6:15 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, Nov 24 (IANS) After the president, prime minister and other ministers in Nepal, the Himalayan republic has added a new VIP entitled to have bodyguards - its rare one-horned rhinos.
In two ... Read more...
Posted in Environment |
Lovelorn lady gorillas at London Zoo go wild over new guy
August 28th, 2009 - 2:03 pm ICT by ANI
London, August 28 (ANI): Just like posters showing football ace David Beckham stripped to his briefs leave his women fans drooling, lovelorn lady gorillas at London Zoo were also found to ... Read more...
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Rare Indian lion cubs born in London zoo
August 15th, 2009 - 6:04 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 15 (IANS) London Zoo is celebrating the birth of its first Asiatic lion cubs in a decade, and the feisty little animals are proving to be a major draw.
The cubs ... Read more...
Posted in Environment |
Uri Geller had to scream at heavily sedated Jacko to wake up during trip to UK
July 2nd, 2009 - 2:22 pm ICT by ANI
London, Jul 2 (ANI): Israeli/British magician Uri Geller has revealed that he once had to scream at late Michael Jackson to wake him up during a trip to the UK, as ... Read more...
Posted in Entertainment |
Britney rides a carousel with her sons at London Zoo
June 17th, 2009 - 2:42 pm ICT by ANI
London, June 17 (ANI): 'Womanizer' starlet Britney Spears took time out of her busy Circus tour schedule for taking her sons Sean Preston and Jayden James to London Zoo on Tuesday. ... Read more...
Posted in Entertainment |
Fun time for Spears with sons at London zoo
June 17th, 2009 - 1:04 pm ICT by IANS
London, June 17 (IANS) Pop star Britney Spears, who is in London for her Circus tour, took a day off to take her sons to the zoo.
The singer enjoyed her ... Read more...
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Arshavin pledges to be an Arsenal legend
April 23rd, 2009 - 1:46 pm ICT by ANI
London, Apr.23 (ANI): Russian soccer star Andrey Arshavin has pledged to be an Arsenal legend after his four-goal Anfield super show.He insists there is more to come and he will ... Read more...
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Crash-landing to birth: story of an ‘Indian’ duck
September 26th, 2008 - 2:05 pm ICT by IANS
London, Sep 26 (IANS) Houdini, an Indian Runner duck, was still in his egg when a sea gull scooped him up and threw him from a height of 30 feet. But the ... Read more...
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Is Yechury in London too? - Arun Jaitley
June 24th, 2008 - 9:40 am ICT by IANS
By Dipankar De Sarkar
London, June 24 (IANS) Thousands of miles from nervous discussions back home on the prospects of an early election and the polemical nuclear deal with the US, four key ... Read more...
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Deadly fungus could bring about mass extinction of amphibians within three decades
April 22nd, 2008 - 2:33 pm ICT by admin
Edinburgh, April 22 (ANI): Biologists have warned that the entire population of the worlds frogs and other amphibians could be wiped out like the dinosaurs by a deadly fungus within three ... Read more...
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