Durrell did establish a zoo on the island of Jersey, and he brought his mother to live in the manor, on the grounds of which he established his zoo. In fact, one of the most charming stories relates ...

Tuesday 7th January 2025, Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust celebrated what would have been the 100th birthday of its founder, the world-renowned author and naturalist Gerald Durrell. To mark the ...

The legendary naturalist Gerald Durrell once noted that “so-called human progress proceeds at the speed of an Exocet missile, whereas conservation proceeds at the pace of a donkey and cart”. Yet, ...

Kolkata, April 12 (IANS) India-born, late British naturalist and author Gerald Durrell, who took a keen interest in conservation of the pygmy hog in Assam, had wanted his famed Jersey Zoo in Britain, ...

Concerns have been raised about how Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust in Jersey is run. A group, including former employees and current members of the trust, said it intended to call for an ...

In an interview in 2016, Lee McGeorge Durrell expressed concern that schoolchildren had never heard of her late husband’s pioneering conservation work, let alone read his classic My Family and Other ...

Tributes have been paid to Jeremy Mallinson, the former director of Jersey Zoo, whose death was announced today (5 February). Jeremy became Gerald Durrell’s right-hand man soon after the zoo opened in ...

Naturalist Lee Durrell visited Alipore Zoo to reflect on her studies of Madagascar lemurs and to honour her husband Gerald Durrell's centenary. She emphasised the importance of captive breeding and ...

They will be used to monitor the zoo's nocturnal animals and can be viewed online. Meerkats, skinks and fruit bats are among the animals which will have camera's on them 24 hours a day. Durrell's ...

In his introduction to The Ark's Anniversary, Gerald Durrell writes, "I do not think it possible for many people at the age of six to be able to predict their future with any accuracy. However, at ...