We’re celebrating the pitter-patter of tiny, spotty and stripy feet as a rare Malayan tapir has been born at the zoo!

Nearly 30 years after the golden skiffia disappeared from Mexico’s waters, our conservationists have helped to return the rare fish to the wild.

We’re ‘Always Building’, and over the next couple of years you’ll see some EXCITING changes and temporary closures in the zoo.

One year after we were given a near £1m grant from the government’s Green Recovery Challenge Fund to create and connect wildlife habitats across the city of Chester, we’ve made major progress in our efforts to recover local biodiversity.

We’re celebrating our latest arrival here at the zoo: an endangered greater one-horned rhino calf born to mum, Asha after a 16 month pregnancy!

Over the past few weeks, our experts have been engaging with both major political parties at conferences in Liverpool and Birmingham.

Our carnivore experts have welcomed fossa pups for the first time in our 91-year history!

We’re delighted to announce that popular children’s TV presenters Mwaka Mudenda and Chantelle Lindsay are set to headline our Wildlife Connections Festival later this month!