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Stratford-upon-Avon Butterfly Farm is getting ready to reopen its doors to the public as a Covid-19 secure environment from Monday 17th May. Ahead of welcoming back visitors, owner Clive Farrell will release thousands of stunning tropical butterflies, which the Farm has been breeding especially during lockdown. Featuring 250 different butterfly species sourced from 20 different countries, … Read more
Stratford Butterfly Farm has introduced several stunning new butterfly species and tropical birds to their collection this summer. After months of careful sourcing, the seldom-seen Dero Clearwing, from the rainforests of Columbia, the Procilla Beauty, from Costa Rica and the Blue Pansy, from Thailand can now be seen on display. In addition, three new Kakarikis … Read more
The Tropical Butterfly House in Sheffield is celebrating its 25th year with a special new arrival – a Linnaeus’s two-toed sloth. A first for the wildlife park, the 29 year old male was born in Amsterdam but has been living in Hamerton Zoo, Cambridgeshire for the last 18 years where he was simply referred to … Read more
Marwell Zoo in Hampshire unveiled its spectacular new ‘Energy for Life’ Tropical House this week and I attended a preview to experience this sustainable, ground breaking project for myself. Costing £8m to build and constructed using the same state-of-the-art technology as the Eden Project, the new exhibit is housed under a huge curved roof spanning two levels, … Read more
Marwell Zoo in Hampshire will open the doors to its spectacular new state-of-the-art Tropical House in March 2018. Costing £8m to build and constructed using the same technology as the Eden Project, the new exhibit is housed under a huge curved roof spanning two levels and offering fantastic vantage points across a lush canopy to … Read more
Giant anteaters are usually found in tropical and deciduous forests as well as the grasslands of Central and South America. They do not have any teeth but have a tongue which is more than 60cm in length and a tiny 1.25mm wide which they put to good use by eating over 30000 insects per day! … Read more
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