Chester Zoo

Lanterns and Lights

The Reserve at Chester Zoo launches new festive packages

The Reserve at Chester Zoo is set to welcome its first guests this week.

Inside new UK Reserve where you watch giraffes and zebras from balcony

Origins x The Reserve

Origins to supply luxury amenities at The Reserve at Chester Zoo in first-ever h...

This year’s cohort have been named after stars and celestial wonders (Cover Media/Chester Zoo)

Scampi and Flounder: Same-Sex Penguin Couple Hatch Rare Chick At Zoo

Products on supermarket shelves feature a confusing array of eco-friendly claims

Polling shows Brits want to stop deforestation – but they don’t know how

Wildlife broadcaster and conservationist Lizzie Daly hosts Chester Zoo’s World Rainforest Day Online Lesson, supported by Ferrero – inspiring young minds to protect ecosystems

Palm oil: One of the most misunderstood ingredients in the British cupboard?

Lizzie Daly leads Chester Zoo’s virtual lesson in celebration of World Rainforest Day

Classrooms go wild as Chester Zoo hosts interactive online lesson to mark World ...

Capybara cools off at Chester Zoo

Watch these super-cute Capybaras cool off with a swim

View from Lake Lodges

How to go on safari without leaving the UK: Chester Zoo launches new luxury lodg...

Giant spiders the size of a human hand are now being released all over the UK following a record breeding season.

Giant spiders released across UK

Fen raft spider.

Watch: How big are fen raft spiders as species returns to UK

Extremely rare newborn crocodiles born through Chester Zoo

Hear the super-sweet chirps as extremely rare newborn crocodiles hatch

Flamingo chicks taken under wing of Whipsnade zookeepers

Adorable fluffy flamingo chicks hand-reared at Whipsnade Zoo

Meet the adorable fluffy flamingo chick being hand-reared by zoo staff

A baby Rothschild's giraffe born at Chester Zoo on March 12 already weighs more than 70kg and stands at 6ft (1.8m) tall Picture: Chester Zoo / SWNS

Endangered Rothschild's giraffe born at Chester Zoo

The tiny newborn has been named 'Olive' (Photo: Chester Zoo/Supplied)

Meet baby 'Olive', the UK's newest spider monkey

The critically endangered dancing lemur born at Chester Zoo Picture: Chester Zoo / SWNS

Watch: Baby lemur born at UK zoo that could save its species
A critically endangered lemur has been born at Chester Zoo - which could save the species from extinction
Tom Morton

One of the two tiny Mitchell's lorikeet chicks (Chester Zoo / SWNS)

Pair of 'world's rarest parrot' chicks hatch at UK Zoo

Conservationists at Chester Zoo are overjoyed after the birth of one of the world's rarest mammals, a critically endangered eastern black rhino. The female calf was safely delivered onto a bed of soft sand by new mum Zuri on Sunday 12 November at 2.45pm, following a 15-month pregnancy.

CCTV captures the moment an endangered rhino is born in a UK zoo

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