Latest News from ZSL Whipsnade Zoo

World Rhino Day
ZSL Whipsnade Zoo

Stack of joy for two-tonne rhino...

22nd September 2016

Greater one-horned rhinoceros Hugo was treated to a six-foot high wall of treats to marke World Rhino Day.

Asian elephants
ZSL Whipsnade Zoo

Elephants taken for a spin with...

15th September 2016

The elephants at ZSL Whipsnade Zoo showed off their best angles as a 360-degree camera installed by zookeepers captured amazing footage of the...

Bali eating his birthday cake with mum Behan
ZSL Whipsnade Zoo

Rhino celebrates first birthday...

6th September 2016

Rhino keepers at the Zoo swapped their brooms for baking tins this week, as they prepared a very special birthday cake for rhino calf Bali’s first...

Asian elephant Sam during weigh-in
ZSL Whipsnade Zoo

Animals step onto the scales for...

23rd August 2016

Keepers have carried out a huge scale operation as they encouraged thousands of animals to step onto the scales for the Zoo’s annual weigh-in.

Elephants at Whipsnade
ZSL Whipsnade Zoo

Mammoth celebrations during...

18th August 2016

Elephant enthusiasts are invited to a weekend of jumbo joy at ZSL Whipsnade Zoo with Elephantastic on 17 and 18 September

Atlas moth at ZSL Whipsnade Zoo
ZSL Whipsnade Zoo

Giant moth species breed for...

4th August 2016

Giant moths with no mouth parts and a foot-long wingspan have successfully bred for the first time at ZSL Whipsnade Zoo’s new Butterfly House.

Rosie the Raptor at St Pancras Station. Photo: John Phillips - PA Wire
ZSL Whipsnade Zoo

Raptor on the Railway - St...

20th July 2016

Dinosaur on the loose at St Pancras International Station

Leroy and t-rex
ZSL Whipsnade Zoo

Bird of prey meets its...

12th July 2016

Predator met predator when a falcon named Leroy was introduced to one of his oldest ancestors, the Tyrannosaurus rex, at ZSL Whipsnade Zoo.

Visitors sitting on lawn at ZSL Whipsnade Zoo
ZSL Whipsnade Zoo

Silent Cinema comes to ZSL...

7th July 2016

A towering T-Rex and a singing orangutan will be coming to life on the silver-screen this summer with open-air cinema at ZSL Whipsnade Zoo.

Dinosaur travelling to ZSL Whipsnade Zoo
ZSL Whipsnade Zoo

Travelling dinosaur causes stir...

29th June 2016

Pedestrians and motorists travelling around Britain’s Home Counties had a shock as a life-size dinosaur took to the roads on its way to ZSL...

African dwarf crocodile
ZSL Whipsnade Zoo

Four baby dwarf crocodiles hatch...

22nd June 2016

Four West African dwarf crocodiles have hatched at the Zoo for the first time in 18 years

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Elizabeth

Elephant calf Elizabeth loves to...

Penguin chick at annual weigh-in

Penguins waddle onto the scales...

Dinosaur face paint

Get the look: tyrannosaurus-rex...