14 Mar 2022

Find out more about our eastern black rhinos, southern cassowaries, Andean bears  and Komodo dragons. 

10 Mar 2022

We’re facing ever increasing global temperatures, extreme weather and an untold number of species are under threat of extinction due to a changing climate. If not affected directly, young people are still exposed to the huge topic of climate change daily, and they need the knowledge and aspirations to be able to tackle it.

8 Mar 2022

This International Women’s Day, we’re celebrating all the fantastic women who help us to prevent extinction, every single day!

24 Feb 2022

The new calf joins the population of only 14 okapi in UK zoos!

11 Feb 2022

An aardvark has been born at the zoo, for the first time in our 90 year history.

11 Feb 2022

On International Women & Girls in Science Day, we hear the lived experiences of some of the women who have achieved hugely successful careers across different scientific disciplines, and today form key pillars in the Chester Zoo team.

3 Feb 2022
We’ve begun a pilot study of a new vaccine to FIGHT the deadly virus which affects young elephants, EEHV.
2 Feb 2022

Discover how science led us to develop a pilot study of a vaccine for EEHV, and the next steps on our journey to preventing this deadly virus found in young elephants.

27 Jan 2022

Ready, steady, GO… new Wildlife Champions come together to begin creation of a 10 mile Nature Recovery Corridor.

19 Jan 2022
Mandrills are the world’s largest monkeys and are vulnerable to extinction in the wild.