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With the 150th anniversary of the birth of Rudyard Kipling in December 2015, and the first of two new ‘The Jungle Book’ films released in April 2016, tour operator Gane And Marshall highlight their best trips for spotting ‘Shere Khan’. Gane and Marshall is offering several holidays to India’s National Parks and Tiger Reserves. These … Read more
A Blackpool Zoo keeper is set to continue her in-depth studies into the unique characteristics of sealions’ whiskers after being awarded funding to study for a doctorate. Alyx Milne, who works with Blackpool Zoo’s family of Californian sealions, will use her PhD to delve further into the function, evolution and control aspects of sealions’ whiskers. … Read more
In the advent of Christmas, there are ample opportunities for festive family entertainment at Twycross Zoo in Leicestershire, which is hosting a variety of activities, special events and Yuletide offers. From the chance to meet Santa to a festive Sunday lunch, children as well as adults can enjoy the seasonal programme right up until Christmas … Read more
The Royal Parks Foundation has announced that it is tackling bullying in London schools through the use of equine-assisted therapy. Its Real Horse Power project sees students working with two, one-ton, shire horses to boost communication, cooperation and problem solving skills. Bullying is one of the most painful experiences school children can go through and … Read more
The latest royal visit to New Zealand saw the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall take to the wilderness at the Orokonui Eco Sanctuary, where they came face to face with an ancient native tuatara lizard, known in Māori as ‘peaks on the back’. The 307 hectare Orokonui Ecosanctuary sits 20km north of … Read more
It’s been over eight years since Cotswold Wildlife Park‘s striking Chilean Flamingo colony last produced eggs. Despite plenty of displaying, nest-building and mating, no chicks appeared. Flamingo eggs were donated to the collection (as part of the European Breeding Programme) and after twenty-six days in incubation, Mambo and Ringo eventually hatched. Keepers tended to the tiny fluffy chicks around-the-clock. Watch … Read more
The Ol Pejeta Conservancy is fundraising to save the world’s rarest mammal, the northern white rhino. Only four northern white rhinos remain, 1 male and 3 females, of which all are infertile. Three of the rhinos, including Sudan, the last remaining male, live on the Ol Pejeta Conservancy where visitors can visit them and learn … Read more
To celebrate National Tree Week taking place from 28 November – 6 December 2015, conservation charity World Land Trust has launched a new Kites Hill Guide, encouraging locals to visit and enjoy this ancient beech woodland. Established in 1975 and now in its 40th year, National Tree Week is one of the UK’s largest annual … Read more
Trentham Monkey Forest were delighted to receive the gold award for ‘Large Visitor Attraction’ at the Enjoy Staffordshire Tourism Awards. The hotly contested category pitched Staffordshire attractions that receive more than 50,000 visitors per year against one another. The attractions were judged on a number of criteria including visitor experience, staff training and innovative events … Read more
Biosphere Expeditions have some fantastic wildlife volunteer projects for 2016. January – Arabia oryx, wildcat, sand fox and others – Australian marsupials February – Slovakia lynx, wolf, bear April – Azores whales, dolphins, turtles May – Costa Rica leatherback turtle July – Maldives coral reefs & whale sharks July – August – Tien Shan snow … Read more
Paignton Zoo is sending rhinos to all corners of the UK. The full-size sculptures are part of The Great Big Rhino Project and are on their way to artists across the country thanks to Torbay Clearance Services. The company is delivering rhinos to expectant artists in the North West of England, London and the South … Read more
The adorable trio of lynx cubs born at RZSS Highland Wildlife Park on 25 May have practically trebled in size, growing into three beautiful and mischievous young cats. The attached photo shows the trio of vigilant lynx cubs huddled together on top of their house on alert, as they have just heard one of the … Read more
Fantastic footage has emerged of giant panda Yang Guang trying his paw at being the next Cristiano Ronaldo, as the male giant panda at RZSS Edinburgh Zoo was spotted by his keepers playing with a large, plastic enrichment ball in his sleeping den after the lights had already gone out. The black and white night-time … Read more
The penguin enclosure is not the only thing that is freezing at The National Sea Life Centre Birmingham, as it has frozen its prices for schools and groups for all visits before April 2016. This will see the attraction continue to offer a great value for money day out. A visit to the underwater attraction … Read more
Amidst a heated competition, not to mention a last minute vote rigging scandal, the bar-tailed godwit has been awarded the title of New Zealand’s Bird of the Year, much to the delight of UK experts. With over 13,000 nominations being registered across the country, New Zealand’s iconic Kiwi did not even make the top three, … Read more
Finally an organisation is offering people appealing wildlife working holidays in England along the lines of the ever-popular volunteering holidays abroad that have been so successful over the last 10 years. Imagine working for a week as if you were one of the people that you see on the BBC’s Springwatch programme: surveying animals, checking … Read more
A world-first is being celebrated at the Oceanic Institute of Hawaii Pacific University (OI) where researchers have managed to successfully breed and rear yellow tang, one of the world’s most popular saltwater aquarium fish. Thanks to the programme, 100 to 150 juveniles between 70 and 90 days old are happily swimming in their tanks, with … Read more
A trio of penguin chicks has hatched for the first time at Longleat. All three chicks, which were born earlier this month, are doing well and keepers at the Wiltshire wildlife attraction are confident more are due to start hatching out over the coming weeks. Longleat is home to a colony of captive-bred Humboldt penguins … Read more
Guests on new safaris will have the opportunity to witness the best of Tanzania’s wildlife during Great Migration Mara River Crossings. Aqua-Firma, the wildlife and marine life travel company, has added to its extensive portfolio of Tanzanian travel, a new small group safari aiming to catch the Great Migration as it makes the death-defying crossing … Read more
Get into the festive mood at WWT London Wetland Centre’s wonderful winter weekend on Saturday 5 and Sunday 6 December. Children will be thrilled to hop aboard for a husky sleigh ride, visit Santa in his magical grotto or, for the first time this year, enjoy a donkey ride. Head over to our northern pine … Read more
Whilst coral reefs are sick, dying or dead around most of the planet, an expedition to the fjords of northern Oman has found some that are bucking the trend, offering hope that there may be some reefs that can withstand seismic environmental change. The waters of the world’s tropical coral reefs are warming and getting … Read more
Journey in a 20-seater safari truck for a 3,200-mile epic road journey with Saga Holidays and travel through four African countries visiting South Africa, Namibia, Botswana and Zimbabwe. This 25-night grand adventure starts in Cape Town and during the tour guests stay in 14 different locations, from riverside and safari lodges to a unique bush … Read more
This little chap keeps on smiling, despite the dire threats to his species…. The black marsh turtle (Siebenrockiella crassicollis) is a freshwater turtle from South East Asia. Its powerful jaws have a jaunty upward curve to them, earning it the appealing common name of ‘smiling terrapin’. However, there’s not much to smile about. The species … Read more
Aqua-Firma, the wilderness travel company, has unveiled a new ‘Ultimate Spitsbergen’ portfolio to add to its existing range of once-in-a-lifetime experiences. The Aqua-Firma team has in-depth experience of polar travel – so travellers who pick up the phone in search of a perfect polar experience will be advised by an expert who leads polar expeditions; … Read more
RZSS Highland Wildlife Park welcomed a pair of endangered snow leopards to the Park in July and they have recently entered into their new custom built enclosure for the first time. Their new home is a large hill-top enclosure that overlooks the Spey and the Cairngorm mountains, and consists of a large grassy plateau, a … Read more
An injured wading bird has been rescued and given safe haven at Living Coasts in Devon. Torquay’s coastal zoo and aquarium can provide the ideal estuary habitat for the whimbrel, now thought to be the only one in a public zoological collection in the UK. The adult female bird was found on a roadside in … Read more
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