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Meet Ralph and Rufus – two adorable rare Red Panda twins born at Cotswold Wildlife Park. After three months secluded in their nest box, Ralph and Rufus have finally emerged from their den, making their public debut at the Park. Like the Giant Panda (their distant relative), female Red Pandas are fertile for just one … Read more
Blackpool Zoo is marking Orangutan Awareness Week by auctioning unique works of art hand crafted by its male orangutan to raise money for charity. Ramon, who is 17, has produced a series of paintings after picking up the skill as a youngster while being hand-reared by keepers at Leningrad Zoo in St Petersburg. All funds … Read more
On selected dates in December, enjoy entry into The Deep including visiting Santa’s grotto (and a small gift), a magical mystery tour on Hull’s famous land train and free car parking for the price of standard entry! This fantastic deal is available on selected dates in December with tickets starting at just £9.75 for a child … Read more
Ever wondered what it’s like to work at one of the UK’s biggest zoos? Interested in wildlife, conservation, animals, science and education? Twycross Zoo is releasing a six-part series of behind-the-scenes videos on its website, inviting audiences to view some of the 500 animals in its care, and the people that keep the zoo running … Read more
One of Blackpool Zoo’s tiger twins is off to sunnier climes after being matched with a potential mate in Portugal. Radzi, who was born at the seaside attraction in 2014, is now almost fully grown and will reach breeding age in the next couple of years. He has been paired with a three-year-old female called … Read more
A special exhibition at World Land Trust Art Gallery will bring together a selection of work by a group of acclaimed bird artists of the 20th century. The exhibit focuses on the masterful work of R B Talbot Kelly, together with a selection of pictures by his contemporaries Eric Ennion, John Busby and Winifred Austen. An … Read more
After Halloween many of us are at a loss as to what to do with leftover pumpkins – but not Twycross Zoo. Based in the Midlands, the zoo is using its remaining pumpkins to provide its animals with hours of play and enrichment. Across the many animal enclosures, keepers are finding clever ways of hiding … Read more
On Wednesday 21st October 2015, 24 years after it first opened, NAUSICAA, the French National Sea Centre in Boulogne sur Mer, welcomed its 15 millionth visitor. It remains the second most popular tourist venue north of Paris, attracting 600,000 visitors every year and continues to play and important role as a driving force in the … Read more
Farmer Christmas will make his first visit to Green Dragon Rare Breeds Farm & Eco Centre every weekend in December. He will greet children on his tractor in the new Soft Play Barn. Children can make a wish on a star and put it on the wishing tree. Farmer Christmas will have lots of presents … Read more
On Saturday 24 October, Twycross Zoo celebrated International Gibbon Day. 2015 was named the “Year of the Gibbon” by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) in a bid to raise awareness of the threats gibbons face, as it is feared they will be one of the next group of animals to face global … Read more
With Halloween nearly here, Blackpool Zoo’s residents have certainly been getting in the spirit with apple bobbing antics one minute and pumpkin escapades the next. Placed at the bottom of a carved pumpkin, the zoo’s GoPro camera caught cheeky squirrel monkeys running riot inside the Halloween decoration, giving viewers a pumpkin eye view.
Tour operator Biosphere Expeditions is helping to showcase genuine volunteering opportunities set up by locals and satisfying local need for help with wildlife research and conservation to overcome the reputation that South Africa has been gaining as the home of bogus wildlife voluntourism projects. At the worst end of the scale are profiteering scams that abuse … Read more
Following the record breaking year at Chengdu Breeding Centre with the arrival of six pairs of baby panda twins, Wendy Wu Tours is offering the chance to visit the baby panda’s on its ‘In Pursuit of Pandas’ tour. Journeying from the imperial treasures of Beijing through atmospheric Xian with its enigmatic legions of Terracotta Warriors … Read more
Several Sea Life centres will be turning the spotlight on scary critters of the deep this Halloween. As well as meeting creepy spider crabs, batfish, wolf-fish and other appropriately named creatures however, visitors will learn that it is we humans who are the real monsters! The centres’ special package of fright-fest’ entertainment running from 24th … Read more
A pair of wonderful new arrivals has been welcomed at Woburn Safari Park in Bedfordshire with the birth of two critically endangered Amur tiger cubs, born to four-year-old tigress, Minerva. These tigers are amongst the largest and rarest cats in the world, and the new cubs signify an important achievement not just for the park, … Read more
Join The Deep in Hull this October half term (24th October to 2nd November) as they go on a trail for lost treasure, and you could be in with a chance of winning a pirate prize! Enjoy a whole host of pirate themed activities including the family treasure trail – just follow the treasure map … Read more
Cute baby crabs are making a rare public appearance after sneaking into Manchester Sea Life Centre hidden in a bag of mussels. The tiny edible crab and shore crab – christened Eddie and Sean – both about the size of a 50 pence piece, must have been scooped up accidentally as they hid among the … Read more
On Thursday 15 October Cindy, RZSS Edinburgh Zoo’s oldest chimpanzee, will be celebrating her 50th birthday at the Budongo Trail. The event comes just a few weeks after RZSS celebrated the 10th anniversary of its involvement in the Budongo Conservation Field Station (BCFS) in Uganda. To mark the special occasion, keepers will be giving Cindy … Read more
Twycross Zoo can reveal that the name chosen by the public for its new baby bonobo is Ndeko. Following a week of voting by the public, which saw more than 1,800 votes cast, Ndeko proved to be the most popular choice for the little male bonobo, winning 44% of the vote. Bonobos are a type … Read more
Scientists and keepers at Living Links, a top field station and research centre at RZSS Edinburgh Zoo, are celebrating the birth of four squirrel monkeys. Born in July and August, the tiny babies can be seen clinging to their mother’s backs in amongst the troops of squirrel monkeys. Living Links is a partnership between the … Read more
Blackpool Zoo’s lion cub is growing up fast and excited keepers have filmed him enjoying his first days out and about in the paddock. Khari, who was born on 31st May this year, is thriving and has been exploring his home with mum Rachel in recent weeks. Keepers hid their trusty GoPro camera in a … Read more
The UK’s only collection of wetland animals made from the world’s most popular toy LEGO have been created especially for the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust (WWT). There are nine giant LEGO brick sculptures of wetland animals including an otter, swan and Hawaiian goose which are on display at the London Wetland Centre. Visit the London Wetland … Read more
Several dozen baby cuttlefish have been born at Nausicaa, the French National Sea Centre in Boulogne-sur-Mer. Staff at Nausicaa looked after a clutch of eggs that were given to them by a fisherman and their special care has been rewarded by the births. Some of these babies have now joined Nausicaa’s new exhibition, ‘Climate & Ocean: … Read more
Longleat’s lions have been showcasing their rugby skills for England’s World Cup. Keepers at the Wiltshire safari park set up their own version of a ‘lion-out’ by suspending a rugby ball from a tree in their woodland home to see how the big cats would react. Within minutes, young male Klaus was demonstrating his athletic … Read more
A lovely book by Daniel Nassar and Julio Antonio Blasco has been published by Laurence King this month. Animal Architects: Amazing Animals Who Build Their Homes is a fun and informative guide to how a selection of impressive animal architects create environments to live in. The book, priced at £10.95, features 14 species including the Caddisfly, Leafcutter … Read more
Drayton Manor Zoo in Staffordshire has recently welcomed a handful of adorable new arrivals to its ever-growing furry family. Two baby lynx cubs, Lars and Odin, were born in May and are settling right into their new home with mum and dad, Roots and Den-ene. The cubs are Northern lynx and will grow to be the biggest of … Read more
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