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If amazing wildlife is a must when planning your travels, you really don’t need to go abroad to see it. With a huge variety right here on our doorstep wildlife expert and television presenter Nick Baker teamed up with Premier Inn to create a wildlife calendar showing the best places to visit in the UK; JANUARY: Animal: White … Read more
Paignton Zoo in Devon has successfully bred two protected Mexican beaded lizards – a first for the environmental park – with zoo photographer Elliye Stobbart on hand to capture the incredible moment one egg hatched. This particular species of beaded lizard – also known as Heloderma horridum – is venomous and found mainly in Mexico and southern … Read more
Today 14 August is World Lizard Day and ZSL London Zoo’s resident lizards marked the occasion by enjoying plenty of treats in the reptile house this morning. With lizards from around the world, keepers celebrated by making a new puzzle box for the zoo’s blue monitor lizards, known for their amazing problem solving skills, along … Read more
Paignton Zoo Environmental Park in Devon has welcomed four blue tree monitor lizards to its reptile collection. One of only three zoo’s in the UK with the species, Paignton’s blue tree monitors are a first for the charity zoo. With long, slender claws, snaking tail and unnatural colouring, the blue tree monitor is as strange … Read more
Monday 14th August is World Lizard Day so why not celebrate by visiting one of RZSS Edinburgh Zoo’s smallest inhabitants today. Part of the zoo’s Wee Beasties exhibit, the Natal dwarf chameleon is only 11 cm long when fully grown and is renowned for its camouflage abilities, being able to blend in with its surroundings. The … Read more
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