Government College Lahore Zoology Department.

Government College Lahore Zoology Department. The Department of Zoology, GC University Lahore is the oldest seat of learning and imparting knowled

The Department of Zoology, GC University Lahore is the oldest seat of learning and imparting knowledge of Zoology at the undergraduate and postgraduate level in Pakistan. The postgraduate programme at the department was launched in 1908. In addition, it was the first centre to start teaching Zoology in this part of the Subcontinent until 1920 when the University of the Punjab established its Depar

tment of Zoology. The same department of the University of the Punjab was also housed in the building of the Department of Zoology at the then Government College Lahore and continued functioning here till 1963. During these years, the Zoology faculties of Government College Lahore and the University of the Punjab jointly managed the Postgraduate Programme. In 1963, the Department of Zoology initiated its independent MSc Zoology Programme as a result of the untiring efforts of Dr. Nazir Ahmad (who was the Principal, Government College Lahore), Prof. Naseer-ud-Din Ahmad (Professor and Chairperson, Department of Zoology) and Dr. Ahsan ul Islam (Professor of Zoology). After attaining the status of an autonomous institution in 1997, and that of a University in 2002, curricula were upgraded and modernized in accordance with international standards.

25/04/2026
12/01/2026

🪸 Coral in Niue.

Located in the South Pacific, 1,300 miles northeast of New Zealand between Fiji, Samoa and Tonga, Niue is one of the largest elevated coral atolls in the world.

Photo by Manu San Félix/National Geographic Pristine Seas

17/08/2025

Why do sharks freeze when flipped upside down? Scientists still don’t know.🦈

A new study has confirmed that when some sharks, rays, and their relatives are gently turned upside down, they enter a trance-like state called tonic immobility. Their muscles go limp, and they stop moving entirely. But why they do it remains a mystery.

Out of the 13 species tested, seven entered this frozen state, long thought to be a defense against predators. Yet, researchers found no evidence to support that idea. Other theories — like a role in mating or a sensory overload response — also didn’t hold up.

The behavior may be evolutionary baggage, a leftover trait from ancient ancestors that persists simply because it doesn't do enough harm to disappear.

Published in Biology Letters, the research challenges long-held assumptions about sharks and highlights just how much we still don’t know about life in the ocean’s depths.

05/07/2022

Western tourists smoke hashish on the roof of a hotel in Peshawar in 1972. Pakistan was an important destination along the "hippie trail," a popular route for Western backpackers that ran across Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan and India, usually ending in Nepal.

20/06/2022

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