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Amur tigers Makari, Czar, and Dmitri celebrate their second birthday
ZSL Whipsnade Zoo

Endangered tiger cubs given icy...

23rd June 2020

Three Endangered Amur tiger “cubs” at ZSL Whipsnade Zoo celebrated their second birthday with their favourite treat – an ice block made of blood...

Zookeeper in mask with lion behind him lays 2m distancing sign on floor
ZSL

ZSL London and Whipsnade Zoo...

9th June 2020

International conservation charity behind Britain’s world-renowned zoos urges UK government to let them open

Zookeepers at ZSL London Zoo have thrown a celebratory party for one of their oldest residents
ZSL London Zoo

ZSL London Zoo celebrates oldest...

4th June 2020

Zookeepers honour resident’s record-breaking age at zoo during lockdown 

ZSL nurses Critically Endangered wild pangolin called Hope back to health
Conservation

ZSL nurses Critically Endangered...

28th May 2020

ZSL releases images of rescued wild pangolin to show plight of illegally trafficked species 

Mary river turtle
Conservation

Human activity threatens...

26th May 2020

A ZSL study published in Nature Communications today (Tuesday 26 May) maps the evolutionary history of the world's terrestrial vertebrates -...

A pregnant Oni the okapi at ZSL London Zoo
ZSL London Zoo

Kick-aboo!

21st May 2020

Incredible footage shows baby okapi at now endangered ZSL London Zoo kicking in the womb

cameraman filming llamas in a paddock
ZSL

Zoo TV

14th May 2020

ITV to go behind the scenes of locked down London and Whipsnade Zoos in exclusive new documentary

Three deer fawns sat on grass
ZSL Whipsnade Zoo

ZSL Whipsnade Zoo celebrates...

12th May 2020

We’ve had 14 new arrivals and we all wish that our visitors were able to see them too, as they’re absolute proof of the incredible work we are...

rockhopper penguin with baby
ZSL Whipsnade Zoo

Blonde Ambition

5th May 2020

Baby penguin named in honour of Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s newborn son at UK’s largest zoo

An endangered Przewalski’s foal has been born at ZSL Whipsnade Zoo
ZSL Whipsnade Zoo

Horsing Around at ZSL Whipsnade Zoo

29th April 2020

Horse play at UK’s largest zoo as keepers celebrate birth of endangered wild horse 
 
  

Illustration of people walking through London Zoo in 1831
ZSL London Zoo

Happy Birthday to Zoo…

27th April 2020

ZSL London Zoo marks 192nd anniversary from behind closed doors with a look back through the archives.

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Two otter pups, nicknamed Bubble and Squeak, have been born at ZSL London Zoo

We're otterly in love with our pups

Two otter pups, nicknamed Bubble and Squeak, have been born at ZSL London Zoo

Otterly adorable pups!

Baby greater one-horned rhino, Zhiwa, at ZSL Whipsnade Zoo

Zhiwa's cutest moments