National Conservation Zoo
Opening times today: 10am - 4:30pm (Last entry at 3:30pm)
Read the latest updates from Chester Zoo.
Three rock hyrax pups have been born at Chester Zoo - tiny, potato-shaped animals with a surprising connection to some of the biggest animals on the planet.
Five bush dog pups, the only ones born in the UK this year, have emerged from their den.
A 15-foot python named after Hollywood star Jodie Foster has made a full recovery after becoming what is believed to be the first snake in the world to receive a pioneering cancer treatment usually used in humans.
Our stance on the unacceptable regional environmental impacts of the proposed Peak Cluster pipeline.
Rana's arrival offers hope for a species found on just four Indonesian islands and increasingly threatened in the wild by habitat loss and African swine fever.
Special visitor activities are taking place at Chester Zoo to mark Action Indonesia Day on August 9 and beyond
Bird experts at the zoo have achieved the first-ever breeding of a secretarybird in our 95-year history.
A rare anoa - the world’s smallest species of buffalo - has been born at the zoo.
Follow our journey from breeding the near-extinct Desertas Island land snails at the zoo, to releasing them on a remote island in the Atlantic.
Highly endangered newts bred at a UK zoo have been released into the wild at a secret location in Catalonia (northern Spain) as part of an international effort to save the species from extinction.
Our annual National Conservation Education Awards recognise those who go above and beyond to educate the next generation about conservation, celebrating excellence across the whole education sector.
The Met Office, government officials and the heads of 16 of the UK's biggest visitor attractions will gather at Chester Zoo on Monday (13 July) for talks aimed at fixing how weather forecasts are shown to the public.
