Category: Conservation & Science
Over 20 years ago we began a mission to bring the iconic harvest mouse back from the brink of extinction in the UK. We’re thrilled to share this conservation success story alongside our brand new flagship film, showcasing the conservation hero behind the tale.
We’re celebrating the birth of one of the world’s most endangered primates, a Sulawesi crested macaque.
Incredible new research started by our scientists and an international team has uncovered a new pig species. Introducing… the Bawean warty pig!
We’ve welcomed the arrival of a rare baby giant anteater, who has been adorably clinging to its mum’s back!
We’ve been given the green light to create a new habitat for vulnerable snow leopards, arriving at the zoo next year.
The time has come for yet another year of Hedgehog Watch, and we want you to be involved!
Over the past two years, hundreds of families and communities in Cheshire have come together to map Chester’s hedgehogs and other wildlife in one of the biggest citizen science projects of its kind in the UK. As the project reaches its third year, we’re looking for Chester residents to borrow a camera trap and join our exciting initiative to discover what wildlife’s in your garden!
In the midst of a biodiversity and climate crisis in the UK, our local Nature Recovery Corridor project is providing a shining beacon of hope!
We’ve formed an exciting new partnership with businesses and partners in the Cheshire Science Corridor to work on cutting edge and world leading research.
Our Science Director, Simon Dowell, shares our thoughts on how conservation zoos can support the UK Government to reach its 15-minute access to nature target.
With just hours before the final deadline, an agreement was reached for global biodiversity at the fifteenth Conference of the Parties (COP15), on the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in Montreal, Canada.