Animals

Singapore is the ‘litmus test’ for how much consumers will spend on their pets: Vetreska CEO Donald Kng

‘If this concept fails here then we don’t really need to try any other place,’ says company’s chief

Ueno Zoo has long been the beneficiary of panda diplomacy, having cooperated with facilities in China and the US to successfully breed giant pandas.

Japan’s only two pandas to be sent back to China: reports

Ties between Asia’s two largest economies are fast deteriorating

In India's Gir National Park, Asiatic lions reign over a 1,900-sq-km expanse of savannah and acacia and teak forests, their last refuge.

Indian pride as Asiatic lions roar back

[TALALA, GUJARAT] A powerful roar rocked the forest before the silhouette of a lioness appeared at an Indian reserve, a potent image of how conservation efforts have brought the creatures back from th...

Marineland, like other similar parks, suffered falling revenues over broadening global resistance to attractions where captive mammals are trained to perform.

Canada’s captive whales face euthanasia threat and uncertain future

Marineland has been mired in controversy for years, with animal welfare officials concerned about the park’s water system

The Oceanarium is relaunching its signature Ocean Dreams overnight programme, which will run across four select weekends between November and December.

Glamping with the fishes at the Singapore Oceanarium

Its signature Ocean Dreams overnight programme returns as a luxurious glamping experience with an educational twist

Goodall's approach of giving names to the chimpanzees she was studying, rather than the academic method of assigning numbers to them, has enabled us to see them as intelligent, sentient beings with emotions and unique personalities.

Without Jane Goodall, chimps need new champions – us

The late primatologist and conservationist has helped the world to see chimpanzees as deeply intelligent, sentient beings to be protected

Born in London on Apr 3, 1934, Goodall grew fascinated with animals in her early childhood, when her father gave her a stuffed toy chimpanzee that she kept for life.
OBITUARY

World-renowned chimpanzee expert Jane Goodall dies at 91

The British primatologist’s most famous finding is that chimpanzees use grass stalks and twigs as tools to fish termites from their mounds

Mr Saravanan Elangkovan, vice-president of Animal Care (Operations) at Mandai Wildlife Group, has been caring for the elephants Komali (centre) and Jati for close to three decades.
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Beyond animal care: What it means to be a modern zoo

A look at the evolution of Temasek portfolio company Mandai Wildlife Group and how it has sharpened its focus on animal well-being and conservation

The Barbados threadsnake remains particularly vulnerable since it reproduces sexually and females lay a clutch of only one egg.

World’s smallest snake makes big comeback

Measuring just three to eight to 10 centimetres when fully grown, tiny enough to almost fit on a US quarter coin, the Barbados threadsnake is the world’s smallest species of snake