Staffordshire’s Trentham Monkey Forest welcomed four very special arrivals recently, just ahead of reopening their doors to visitors today, Thursday 25th of June. Four baby macaques – 2 girls and 2 boys – were born during lockdown while the forest was closed. Now the gates are open, lucky visitors will get the chance to see the […]
Last month proved a busy one for RZSS Highland Wildlife Park as staff welcomed 14 new arrivals to the wildlife conservation charity in Scotland while on lockdown. Births included two forest reindeer calves, seven Turkmenian markhor kids, one Bukhara deer calf, three Japanese macaque babies, and one Przewalski’s horse foal – with more expected soon! […]
A critically endangered Western chimpanzee has been born at RZSS Edinburgh Zoo. The yet to be named female is only the second chimpanzee to be born in Scotland for over 20 years. Mum Heleen was rescued from a research laboratory in the Netherlands before being brought to the zoo in 2010. This is the second birth for […]
The birth of a critically endangered Eastern black rhino is being celebrated at Folly Farm in Pembrokeshire with this the first to be born in Wales. Six-year-old mum Dakima gave birth to a healthy male calf on January 16th, following a 15-month pregnancy, with the new arrival one of only 40 Eastern black rhino to […]
Keepers at ZSL London Zoo are celebrating the Christmas arrival of a baby tamandua. This is the third pup for mum Ria who welcomed her newborn, along with dad Tobi, on Friday 13th December following a 150-day pregnancy. ZSL keeper Steve Goodwin said: “We’ve all been waiting excitedly for the baby’s arrival so when Ria […]
Midlands-based Twycross Zoo is celebrating the birth of two baby monkeys from critically-endangered species. The yet to be named new-borns – a black-headed spider monkey and a northern white-cheeked gibbon – are welcome news for the conservation of each species and the successful breeding programme at the zoo. Both babies are doing very well under the […]
Keepers at Marwell Zoo are celebrating the arrival of a critically endangered mountain bongo, which is a species of African antelope. The female calf was born to first-time parents Kailina and Ituri on the 29th September and has been named Ada, which means firstborn daughter. The youngster, who looks stunning in her bright chestnut coat […]
The newest addition to the rhino family at Cotswold Wildlife Park & Gardens is Stella, who arrived on 7th of September. Stella is the first female calf for parents Monty and Ruby and the third to be born at the Park in its forty-nine-year history. Female rhinos only reproduce every two-and-a-half to five years, so […]
Keepers at Ventura Wildlife Park in Hertfordshire were delighted to discover a new set of stripes during their morning checks this week. A baby Grant’s zebra arrived during the early hours of Wednesday and is the first offspring for parents Zelda and Sonny, who arrived at the Park in 2016. The Grant’s zebra is a […]
A pair of porcupine babies – known as porcupettes – made a surprise appearance at Cotswold Wildlife Park in Oxfordshire over the Easter holiday. Keepers were hoping their recently introduced parents – two-year-old female Hannah and resident male Cape porcupine Prickle – would produce their first litter soon and were delighted to discover two tiny […]
Keepers at Yorkshire Wildlife Park were surprised to find that their new giant anteater had given birth to a female pup in January. Mum Tammy arrived at the park from a zoo in France in October as a potential mate for resident male anteater Niki. However, it appears Tammy the female anteater was already expecting. […]
Keepers at Royal Zoological Society of Scotland’s Edinburgh Zoo welcomed the birth of a rare Malayan tapir recently. Malayan tapirs, also known as the Asian tapirs, are the largest of four tapir species and are native to the rainforests of Burma, Malaysia, Sumatra and Thailand. They are increasingly threatened in the wild by habitat loss and […]
ZSL London Zoo cares for more than 700 different species of mammal, bird, reptile, fish and invertebrate, while sister site ZSL Whipsnade is home to over 3,500 animals and is the UK’s biggest zoo. At the start of every year, ZSL zookeepers take on the mammoth task of recording every animal for its annual stocktake, counting everything […]
A pair of red panda cubs made their first public appearance at Belfast Zoo recently. Although the twins were born in June, red panda cubs are born blind and develop quite slowly, so the twins spent the first few months inside their den. Over the last few weeks, however, the pair have become more adventurous […]
ZSL London Zoo’s tamandua family doubled this year after female Ria welcomed the arrival of two new babies. Firstborn Poco arrived seven months ago, followed last month by baby Paco. However, far from finding the pair a handful, mum Ria has had plenty of help with her latest offspring. Proud big brother Poco has been […]
Take a trip to Cotswold Wildlife Park in Oxfordshire this week and you will no doubt meet two tiny new giants while visiting. The capybara babies arrived just days ago and were only discovered when keepers were on their rounds. Due to their large barrel-like build, keepers were unaware that mum Belle was pregnant until they […]
Keepers at West Midland Safari Park are celebrating the birth of a male Rothschild’s giraffe. The new arrival was born on Wednesday 3 October to second-time mum, Arusha and will join an existing herd of six females and four males at the park, including seven-year-old dad Rufus. Standing six-foot-tall, the leggy yet to be named […]
West Midland Safari Park celebrated the birth of a baby southern white rhino last week, the third for the park in three years. After a lengthy pregnancy of 16 months, second-time mum Ailsa gave birth to the youngster on 25th September, with the male calf weighing in at an impressive 67kg (10 and a half stone)! In the […]
For the second time in a month West Midland Safari Park is celebrating the arrival of a baby Grévy’s zebra. The first foal, a female named Grace, arrived just three weeks ago, with the latest male making an appearance in the early hours of the morning on Sunday 12 August. The birth of the two […]
Keepers at West Midland Safari Park welcomed a baby Grévy’s zebra during the early hours of Thursday morning. The new arrival is a first for the park and also for mum Akuna, who had a lengthy 13 month pregnancy. The adorable youngster was up on its feet within an hour of being born, although it’s […]
Last year a species of orangutan was discovered in Indonesia and immediately classified as the rarest ape in the world. In May this year, researchers made a significant find when they documented the first-ever sighting of twin baby Tapanuli orangutans. However, the Batang Toru forest where the Tapanuli orangutans live is under immediate threat from a Chinese-funded […]
Zookeepers at ZSL Whipsnade Zoo have managed to capture on film the birth of four endangered Amur tiger cubs, born last Saturday 23rd June. The amazing footage was made possible using remote camera technology which keepers used to monitor second-time mum Naya. The seven year-old Amur tigress gave birth to the first tiger cub at […]
Paignton Zoo in Devon welcomed the birth of a little howler monkey earlier this month. But although the youngster may look sweet, it will grow up to be one of the loudest animals in the world. The howler monkey is so loud in fact, its call can be heard up to 3 kilometres away through […]
Visit Woburn Safari Park in Bedfordshire over the Easter holiday and you may catch a glimpse of their newest arrival – a tiny baby ring-tailed lemur. The little lemur was born to 10 year-old mother Kirindy and 7 year-old father Berenti just two weeks ago and can be spotted with its parents in the safari’s […]
Belfast Zoo celebrated the birth of an endangered François langur in late 2017 and the little monkey recently made his first appearance for visitors. The latest arrival has been named Huaidan, meaning ‘rascal’ in Chinese, and joins five more of these stunning leaf-eating primates at Belfast Zoo’s monkey house. Adult François langurs are black in […]
Knowsley Safari in Merseyside celebrated the arrival of an endangered white rhino calf last weekend. Following a 16 month pregnancy, the new yet to be named male was born to mother Meru. Weighing in at a whopping 10 stone, the new arrival is Meru’s eighth calf and joins the crash of seven white rhino at […]