From behind the scenes animal updates, to exclusive zoo baby announcements, read the latest Zoo news here. Plus, keep up-to-date on events at Whipsnade Zoo, and find out all about our amazing science and conservation work.
15 March 2024Giant bundle of joy born at Whipsnade Zoo
13 March 2024Naming competition for first baby born in Monkey Forest
6 March 2024New born porcupine 'quill' melt your heart
28 February 2024Zookeepers share first pictures of one-week-old Endangered François’ langur baby.
22 February 2024After four months of deep slumber, Whipsnade Zoo’s four European Brown bears have awoken, just in time for the February half term in Bedfordshire.
14 February 2024Give your unloved scents to our lions
8 January 2024Our Zookeepers have kicked off the New Year by counting every mammal, bird, reptile, fish and invertebrate.
11 December 2023Scimitar horned oryx downlisted to Endangered by IUCN
16 November 2023Conversation zoo helping to save ‘extinct-in-the-wild’ scimitar horned oryx.
30 October 2023Zookeepers carved petrifying pumpkins for many of the 11,000 animals at the UK’s largest zoo, using the spooky squashes to put the animals' foraging and hunting skills to the test.