National Conservation Zoo
Opening times today: 10am - 5pm (Last entry at 4pm)
We’re thrilled to announce that Chester Zoo has received a £4,073,372 boost from The National Lottery Heritage Fund to support our Networks for Nature initiative.
A rare Malagasy fossa has arrived at Chester Zoo, marking an exciting new chapter in our mission to protect this endangered species.
Join us for a chance to reward the heroes who are making environmental education come alive for young minds.
Rico the sloth's smile has been restored.
Help us double donations to protect the world's most trafficked mammal.
In their recently released rankings, Tripadvisor have rated us as the best zoo in the UK, and the third best zoo in Europe.
Conservationists are joining forces in a plan to save highly threatened Chilean cacti.
We're opening Heart of Africa, the largest UK zoo habitat ever created, on Saturday 5 April.
Chester Zoo scientists are testing a novel tail-tagging technique to help reintroduce rare pheasants to the wild.Last week, conservationists at Chester Zoo trialled attaching dummy transmitters to the tail feathers of three Vietnam pheasants living at the zoo.
Members of the Chester Zoo science team have joined Kenyan scientists to monitor endangered rhino populations by testing their dung.
On International Women's Day, we celebrate the inspiring women who are breaking boundaries and leading change. In the Maasai community, women are now playing a pivotal role in an event that once only involved men: the Maasai Olympics.
Did you spot the coverage of this starling murmuration evading an attack on BBC News North West? Rewatch the amazing undulations of this huge flock here. It was captured by Zoo team members in Upton, near the Zoo itself. Read on for startling starling info!
