Latest News from ZSL Whipsnade Zoo

A lemur explores a Christmas advent calendar filled with tasty treats at ZSL Whipsnade Zoo
ZSL Whipsnade Zoo

It’s a wrap!

9th December 2019

Keepers give festive treats to the animals at ZSL Whipsnade Zoo ahead of Christmas 2019.

Asian elephant Ming Jung at ZSL Whipsnade Zoo
ZSL Whipsnade Zoo

New bull elephant arrives at ZSL...

5th November 2019

Keepers are celebrating a new arrival at ZSL Whipsnade Zoo - bull elephant Ming Jung.

An Amur tiger cub plays with a pumpkin at ZSL Whipsnade Zoo
ZSL Whipsnade Zoo

Tiger cubs play trick or treat

23rd October 2019

Tiger cubs, squirrel monkeys and penguins investigate pumpkin gifts from keepers at ZSL Whipsnade Zoo 

Two children meet father Christmas at ZSL Whipsnade Zoo
ZSL Whipsnade Zoo

Animal Advent-ures

15th October 2019

Santa's in residence at ZSL Whipsnade Zoo from 30 November - 24 December 2019!

Flamebeau butterfly at ZSL Whipsnade Zoo
ZSL Whipsnade Zoo

Butterfly boom at ZSL Whipsnade Zoo

15th October 2019

Keepers are celebrating particularly high numbers of butterflies this autumn in our tropical Butterfly House at ZSL Whipsnade Zoo

Boo at the Zoo
ZSL Whipsnade Zoo

Get jitters with the critters

18th September 2019

Boo at the Zoo at ZSL Whipsnade Zoo - Saturday 19 October – Thursday 31 October 2019

European brown bears Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty and Snow White at ZSL Whipsnade Zoo are measured in the annual weigh in
ZSL Whipsnade Zoo

Weighting game

20th August 2019

ZSL Whipsnade Zoo’s 3,500 animals step up for our annual weigh-in

A lemon cichlid from Lake Tanganyika in Africa
ZSL Whipsnade Zoo

Life through a fish-eye lens

26th July 2019

Wildlife photographer and TV fish expert Jack Perks releases gallery of images of world’s rarest fish at new Aquarium

Amur tiger cubs at ZSL Whipsnade Zoo celebrate first birthday
ZSL Whipsnade Zoo

Pin-ata the tail on the tiger

19th June 2019

Three endangered tiger cubs are given first birthday pinatas at ZSL Whipsnade Zoo

Aquarium at ZSL Whipsnade Zoo
ZSL Whipsnade Zoo

An underwater world of wonder

11th June 2019

ZSL Whipsnade Zoo opens the UK’s first Aquarium dedicated to conserving the world’s most astonishing and endangered freshwater fish - opening...

Lucha the elephant eating her birthday cake
ZSL Whipsnade Zoo

A Mammoth Baking Challenge

21st May 2019

Bake Off star creates birthday cake for an elephant

Latest videos

Our white rhinos explore a giant Christmas present at ZSL Whipsnade Zoo

Animals enjoy fab-yule-ous...

An Amur tiger climbs a tree to get to enrichment

Enrichment fun for our Amur tigers

Greater one-horned rhino Hugo at ZSL Whipsnade Zoo

Meet our gentle giant Hugo