Tag: Conservation and Science
We’ve become the first in Europe to successfully breed a critically endangered stonefly – 28 years after it had been declared extinct!
Chester Zoo celebrates the birth of a rare baby Southern pudu, one of the world’s smallest species of deer!
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.
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!
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.
Nearly 30 years after the golden skiffia disappeared from Mexico’s waters, our conservationists have helped to return the rare fish to the wild.
We’re celebrating our latest arrival here at the zoo: an endangered greater one-horned rhino calf born to mum, Asha after a 16 month pregnancy!
We’re delighted to announce that popular children’s TV presenters Mwaka Mudenda and Chantelle Lindsay are set to headline our Wildlife Connections Festival later this month!
For the carefully balanced forest ecosystems of Madagascar, the recent presence of the invasive Asian common toad presents a potentially grave threat.