13 Nov 2020

Keepers are celebrating the birth of a rare baby rhino!

29 Sep 2020

We’ve brewed, balanced and bottled a delicious new gin, to give our visitors a memorable taste of Chester Zoo!

24 Mar 2020

The delightful duo arrived to seven year old mum Fiona following 135-day-long pregnancy and have been clinging tightly to her ever since.

27 Feb 2020

The healthy, female calf, arrived to 15-year-old mum Sundara Hi Way following a 22-month gestation, with the birth caught on our CCTV cameras.

19 Feb 2020

Hidden cameras have captured remarkable footage showing the hatching of two rare hornbill chicks.

12 Feb 2020

Our hugely popular TV series, which gives viewers a glimpse at the private lives of  some of the world’s most endangered animals, returns for a ninth series this week!

 

30 Jan 2020

Three TINY chameleons have hatched at Chester Zoo… and each one is barely bigger than a pencil tip!

27 Jan 2020

Not that long ago, in a county not that far away, Mark Hargreaves, our Projects Team Manager, travelled down to London. His mission? To recycle various plants of all shapes and sizes that had been used on the set of blockbuster films such as Star Wars – part of a five star recycling relationship between two major film studios and the zoo. Here’s how the story began…

24 Jan 2020

After staying snuggled up in their holts with parents Annie and Wallace for a number of weeks since their birth, the adorable quintet have finally developed the confidence to venture outside for the very time.

14 Jan 2020
The zoo’s annual animal headcount has revealed we are now home to more individuals than ever before!