Pakistan's landscapes, from icy mountain ranges to fertile river plains, are home to an extraordinary range of wildlife. Yet many of these species face severe threats due to habitat loss, illegal ...

The Himalayan pit viper, first described in 1864 and treated ever since as one widespread species, is actually five separate ...

KARACHI – Noor Jehan, the African bush elephant, should have been in her prime. She was just a teenager, about 17. But a mysterious incident left her painfully dragging about on her two front legs.

A zoo in Pakistan's city of Rawalpindi has declared a "heatwave emergency" as temperatures soar in the South Asian nation. Caretakers rush to install air coolers and give ice blocks to the animals to ...

The fate of a teenage zoo elephant in Pakistan was tragic — and a symbol of much more As details of Noor Jehan's neglect came to light, the revelations sparked a national conversation about the ...