Welcome to your online guide to visiting the world of wildlife!
Logo Discover Animals - Retina

Sign up to the Discover Animals newsletter:

Africa Alive celebrates birth of rare Somali Wild Ass

The rare Somali Wild Ass foal born at Africa Alive in June 2022

Africa Alive Zoological Reserve in Suffolk, owned by the conservation charity Zoological Society of East Anglia (ZSEA), is celebrating the birth of a critically endangered Somali Wild Ass born to mother Calula and father Sahib on 30th June 2022. Often mistaken for ‘a striped legged donkey’, these animals are one of the rarest equine species … Read more

Cheetah brothers sprint into new home at ZSL Whipsnade Zoo

Three young cheetah brothers have sprinted into a new home at ZSL Whipsnade Zoo as part of the European Endangered Species Programme. Two-year-old brothers Freddie, Robyn and Billy were flown to the attraction in Bedfordshire from Fota Wildlife Park in Ireland. Visitors will be able to spot the speedy, new additions in the zoo‘s existing … Read more

Xmas giraffe explores the great outdoors

A baby giraffe, which was born over Christmas, has ventured outside for the first time at Longleat. The male Rothschild’s giraffe, who has been named Evan in honour of a long-time keeper, was delivered inside the centrally-heated giraffery at the Wiltshire safari park in December. Since then the youngster – believed to be the 122nd … Read more

New arrivals at Ventura Wildlife’s Zoological Gardens

Over the last few weeks it’s been all go at Hertfordshire’s newest zoo, Ventura Wildlife’s Zoological Gardens, with the arrival of lots of new animals from across Europe. The first of the new arrivals were a group of three female straw necked ibis that came from Prague Zoo in the Czech Republic at the start … Read more