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A few of the Asian small-clawed otter pups and one parent in the Otter Holt (aka the Otter House), early December 2025.

A photograph dated to 11 June 2006 of the Bactrian Camel, during the period where they replaced the Elephants at the Casson Pavillion (aka the Cassons). Found this on my old Windows XP hard drive after I finally got it out of the PC. Taken on a PENTAX Optio S6, originally 2816 x 2112 resolution.

Last week, on the 24th of October 2025, we lost Regent’s Park’s final resident chimpanzee: Koko (called Coco in older sources) was one of the last two chimps to reside at London Zoo, before the demolition of the Sobell Pavilion and restructuring of the area into Gorilla Kingdom. Leaving in...

Imagine you have 10 years to run London zoo, what do you remove? What do you re-purpose? what do you add? The Only real goal is to become a better zoo than when you begin. I am interested to see your ideas!

Hi everyone, I recently completed my MA thesis on art and photography at the London Zoo and I have a feeling some people here might be interested in checking it out. You can find it on ProQuest here.

OK, so one of the prominent features of London zoo is the canal that goes through the northern part, separating monkey valley and the rest of the zoo that is through the tunnel. Wonders of water would utilise this to it's advantage by building a structure so it goes about 10-15 meters visibly on...

A short and humorous article about Goldie, the Golden Eagle that escaped his aviary in London Zoo and made Regent's Park his home for 12 days in early 1965. On a wing and a glare: When an escaped eagle Goldie entranced London

Hello folks - it's been wonderful to read through the various posts and discussions here. I have two questions: 1) were there wolves at the original London Zoo at Regent's park? 2) could someone kindly point me in the direction of a good resource or book on how animals were first collected and...

Hi all - ZSL has just launched a search for historical artefacts and memories to mark the two year countdown to its 200th anniversary: www.zsl.org/historyhive They're looking for images, footage, stories and more connected to London Zoo, Whipsnade Zoo, the Institute of Zoology and their...

Hello, I received an email from Whipsnade Zoo yesterday. Apparently ZSL have released some limited edition heritage prints from their archive. Just in case anyone is interested in taking a look: Discover ZSL Heritage Prints | ZSL Shop

Hey all, I just found out that the Zoological Society of London has digitized what looks to be all of their annual reports from the beginning of the Garden's existence in 1829 till 2021. Looks like most if not all were uploaded on Jan 4, 2024. They include tons of information related to Zoo...

New year, new thread. Visited today - not too much to report but: The little side enclosure at the far end of the Blackburn walkthrough (formerly oriole aviary) has been done up and is apparently awaiting new inhabitants. Given the great work done by the bird curator in recent times, hopeful...

Built in 1883, converted into a bird house in 1927, and survives today as The Blackburn Pavilion

Built in 1883, converted into a bird house in 1927, and survives today as The Blackburn Pavilion

Hi everyone! My name is Danny; I'm a graduate student at University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee. I'm writing my thesis on photographs from the London Zoo taken during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. A source that would be really useful going forward is Illustrated Guide to London Zoo...

An undated, vintage postcard seen at a local antique store.

Built in 1887, not sure when they were demolished, but they stood until at least the 1930s.

Built in 1844, polar bears removed to a new enclosure in 1909.

Built in 1864 and demolished in 1925.

Built in 1876 and demolished in 1976.