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For our our third ‘walk-and-talk’ event, which will take place on Saturday, 16th April 2011, we’re offering an unmissable opportunity to tour the on-show elements of the exciting new African painted dogs development with Chester Zoo’s Curator of Mammals, Tim Rowlands, who is also project manager...

A new female Rothshild giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis rothschildi) joined Chester's group today. She's four-and-a-half-year-old Dagmar, from a safari park in Denmark. I could guess which one, but I'm sure Zoogiraffe can tell us for certain. Although not out on the paddock, she seemed to...

We’re pleased to announce details of a special event to support the European Association of Zoos and Aquaria (EAZA) Ape Campaign, organised in association with Chester Zoo. The event, which will take place on Saturday 19th February 2011, is a unique and exciting opportunity to tour Chester...

Excellent news today; the elephant calf everyone has been waiting for was born at approximately 11pm last night. Mother Thi, and the as yet unnamed and un-sexed calf are both doing well, and the birth went without a hitch. I managed to get a glimpse of the calf shortly after midday and the herd...

Has anyone seen the Nile Cocodile's recently? I know sometimes they are are hard to spot but no sign of them when i went last week. Sorry I meant at chester.

sorry it's a bit short notice but the following Job advert was sent out to the zoo volunteers recently and mentioned in the local newspapers too - if anyone is interested please apply quickly and details are shown below.... BIODIVERSITY TRAINEE Fixed term contract 1 year Chester Zoo, one of...

I had the opportunity to see a test of the new lighting in Fruit Bat Forest today. It's still being "tweaked", but essentially consists of a large, single light in the guise of the moon over in the corner where you first walk in, and an orange glow "sunset" at the other end of the building...

Due to work commitments i have been unable to visit the zoo for a couple of weeks which is unusual for me. Does anyone have any news on when the baby elephant is due to be born? When Nayan was born the keepers suggested that they were expecting the other baby to be born anytime and obviously...

Tomorrow Chester Zoo's team of Rhino Maniacs set off on their trek up Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania. For those not already aware, their aim is to raise £10K towards the conservation of the critically-endangered eastern black rhino, both in Africa and at Chester Zoo. The team of nine has come...

At one point yesterday, Chester zoo was the 3rd most talked about subject on the social network, thanks to a tweet by Jason Manford, the new host of BBC1's one show. He tweeted that it would be up to his followers, whether he visited Chester or Blackpool zoo, needless to say Chester won. All...

Hello all! I visited the zoo the other day and overheard two visitors discussing the rhinos.... I overheard one visitor say that Chester Zoo owns the Rhino stud book. Is this true? What exactly does this include? Thank you!:)

Hello, i found this video on Youtube and i have identified some of the elephants but can't name them all. There appears to be a lot of younger elephants here. The video is when poor old elephant gets knocked over by two playing elephants. Dont worry the elephant was fine after...

I visited the zoo today and yesterday. I saw the baby elepant on both occasions. Today i was at the zoo and the baby elephant was let out of the house and was outside in the paddock. He was being sheltered by Mum (Sithami) and Gran (Thai). I was surpirsed to see him in the paddock so young...

Season 1 of the channel five documentary zoo days is now available to view for free on youtube. YouTube - Zoo Days

Today's main news is that the elephants are going back out on the paddock. The bull, Upali, was out today and the rest of the heard will follow. Mid-afternoon and Upali was taking full advantage of the fresh air and sunshine, and enjoying a shower. The paddock looks excellent, a deep sand...

Just uploading some images to my own gallery and it turns out I'm hopeless at butterfly names, both scientific and common. I wondered if anyone could help with IDs for the four above species? All from Chester's Butterfly Journey today. Thank you!

A brief look at the ongoing paddock modifications. Elephants: It'll be interesting to see what happens around the perimeter, currently it looks like a small retaining wall is being constructed, perhaps to add a covered area to collect run-off water. Incidentally, it went ominously...

For those who haven't seen it yet, the 2010 map is on-line as a PDF: Chester Zoo - Zoo Map It shows the new homes for the giant anteaters, African painted dogs and the "African Village" in the areas formerly occupied by the Przewalski horses. Other changes are the new play area behind...

A brief report of some ongoing zoo developments. Work is under way on converting the California sea lion pool for giant otters. The pools have been drained and cleaned, but neither had yet been filled for a deep digging area as we were speculating. The former sea lion house is being developed...

hey as part of a college asignment i need to state how chester zoo mimics or contributes to the natural breeding environment of their Asiatic Lion and Asian Elephants and how they encourage natural feeding behaviour i was wondering if anyone had some knowledge of this! i wouldn't normally ask...