These lemurs were born to dance! Earlier today, England's Chester Zoo announced to its Facebook page that it was welcoming a pair of incredibly rare 'dancing' lemurs as part of its conservation ...

Africa's rarest large mammal has been born at Chester Zoo. The female bongo mountain bongo is only the second to be born at the Cheshire attraction in the last 15 years. Mike Jordan, from the zoo, ...

History has been made again at Chester Zoo during 2025. A number of momentous births have occurred at the zoo this year - ...

Chester Zoo has welcomed the news that the UK government is working with the EU to cut red tape on conservation transfers. Before 2021, around 1,400 zoo animals were transported between the UK and EU ...

Thousands of "giant spiders" which were released into the wild by a zoo are thriving in the wild and have had a record mating season, conservationists have said. Chester Zoo released the spiders a ...

A great-great-grandmother Martha was known as 'the grand old lady of Chester Zoo' A 59-year-old orangutan who was "fundamental" to the establishment of a global conservation breeding programme has ...

Chester Zoo has set an all-time visitor record in a “truly remarkable” year. New figures have revealed that a whopping 2,136,224 people visited the zoo in 2025 - breaking all previous attendance ...

Ground breaking science by Chester Zoo, in partnership with The University of Manchester, has helped to achieve a rhino baby boom. Researchers have spent the last five years carefully monitoring the ...

Yashin and Nubra have been exploring their new immersive habitat which has been designed to recreate the rocky terrain of the Himalayas. Snow leopards Yashin and Nubra have been exploring their new ...

The first ever snow leopard cub has been born at Chester Zoo. The cub is the first of its kind to be born at the zoo in its 94-year history and is set to venture out from its den and into public view ...

Watch seven-year-old Zaza get used to his new surroundings in Cheshire. A rare Malagasy fossa has travelled more than 5,000 miles for a blind date that could save his species. Seven-year-old Zaza has ...

For the first time, the endangered Bermuda Skink has been bred outside of the island — at the Chester Zoo. The breeding programme in tandem with the British zoo, begun in 2013, has just yielded a ...