Latest News from ZSL Whipsnade Zoo

Boo at the Zoo - ZSL London Zoo
ZSL Whipsnade Zoo

Get jitters with the critters at...

21st September 2017

Boo at the Zoo returns for a spooky week of fun between 21-31 October

Sam Asian elephant with birthday buffet
ZSL Whipsnade Zoo

Elephant Sam treated to birthday...

13th September 2017

Zookeepers prepared an enormous banquet of hay, fruit and vegetables for youngster Sam, who turns three years old on 16 September.

Elephantastic!
ZSL Whipsnade Zoo

Weekend of jumbo celebrations...

29th August 2017

Elephantastic returns to the Zoo between 16-17 September

Ring-tailed lemur on scales at Zoo weigh-in
ZSL Whipsnade Zoo

Weighting game for ZSL Whipsnade...

22nd August 2017

More than 3,500 animals at UK’s largest Zoo step up for Annual Weigh-in

Baby hippo Hodor with mum Lola
ZSL Whipsnade Zoo

Baby hippo born with ‘tiny socks...

11th August 2017

Zookeepers celebrate arrival of baby common hippopotamus calf at UK’s largest Zoo

Silent Cinema
ZSL Whipsnade Zoo

Wild movie night at the Zoo

3rd August 2017

Open-air Silent Cinema returns at ZSL Whipsnade Zoo this summer

Lemurs enjoy assault course at ZSL Whipsnade Zoo
ZSL Whipsnade Zoo

Leaping lemurs go for perfect 10

25th July 2017

Lemurs set ‘assault course’ standard ahead of Bear Grylls Wild Survival Academy

Bear Grylls Wild Survival Academy
ZSL Whipsnade Zoo

Take on nature’s assault course...

5th July 2017

Brand new Bear Grylls Wild Survival Academy launches at ZSL Whipsnade Zoo

Grant, a male chimpanzee at ZSL Whipsnade Zoo, licks an ice lolly
ZSL Whipsnade Zoo

Chimps and bears chill out with...

20th June 2017

Animals get frozen treats as they cool down ahead of ZSL Whipsnade Zoo’s summer celebration Sunset Safari

Baby Asian elephant Elizabeth dribbling football
ZSL Whipsnade Zoo

Baby elephant enjoys first...

9th June 2017

ZSL Whipsnade Zoo’s youngest elephant Elizabeth celebrates first birthday with new footballs to play with

Père David’s deer
ZSL Whipsnade Zoo

‘Extinct’ deer born at ZSL...

31st May 2017

Extinct in the Wild Père David’s deer gives birth to tiny fawn at the UK’s largest zoo

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Baby hippo Hodor with mum Lola

Meet Hodor the baby hippo

Bear Grylls Wild Survival Academy

Take on the Bear Grylls Wild...

Sumatran tiger

ZSL is working for a future with...