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UK tech company helps tiny Gibraltar zoo promote its big message

UK tech company helps tiny Gibraltar zoo promote its big message

Alameda Wildlife Conservation Park in Gibraltar, one of the smallest zoos in the world, has embarked on a digital transformation journey to use technology to modernise and engage better with visitors.

BIAZA photo competition winners announced

‘Hold Your Gaze’ Donovan Lewis, Blue Planet Aquarium – Winner ‘Work behind the scenes’ Pensive monkeys, endangered frogs, and a close encounter with a shark are among the winning images selected by judges for this year’s  British and Irish Association of Zoos and Aquariums (BIAZA) photography competition.  Open to zoo or aquarium staff and volunteers only, the winning … Read more

Love Your Zoo this week in Belfast

Love Your Zoo week is an annual event run by the British and Irish Association of Zoos and Aquariums (BIAZA) to help raise awareness for the important work zoos do regarding conservation, education and research. This year, Love Your Zoo week runs over the bank holiday and half-term week, offering plenty of opportunities to support your … Read more

National Zoo & Aquarium Photo Award winners announced

A national photography competition run by The British and Irish Association of Zoos and Aquariums (BIAZA) has announced its 2018 winners at a special event hosted by Living Coasts in Torquay. Dozens of entries were submitted to the National Zoo & Aquarium Photo Awards, with shots showing life in a BIAZA collection, work behind the scenes and … Read more

National zoo photo award winners announced

A national photography competition run by The British and Irish Association of Zoos and Aquariums (BIAZA) has announced its winners for 2017 at a prestigious awards ceremony hosted by The Deep aquarium in Hull. BIAZA, a conservation, education and scientific wildlife charity representing the zoo and aquarium community in the U.K., opens the photography competition … Read more

Mammoth project takes shape at Blackpool Zoo

A multi-million pound project is taking shape at Blackpool Zoo at the end of what has been another record-breaking year. The scheme, dubbed Project Elephant, is the zoo’s most ambitious and biggest ever single investment and the building, which is one of the UK’s largest indoor elephant facilities, is almost complete. Work on the three-acre … Read more