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, ...

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 ...

Chester Zoo has welcomed a mother-and son pair of jaguars to the facility as they enter into retirement and special care.

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 ...

Female Bonita, 16, and her 11-year-old son Remi, moved into Chester Zoo after being transported from a safari park in Cumbria.

An incredibly rare Philippine spotted deer fawn has been born at Chester Zoo. Born on 9 September 2023, the male named Hercules stood at just 30cm tall and weighed only two kilograms. The species is ...

Astonished onlookers caught sight of a rare baby chimpanzee as it clings to his adoring mother at Chester Zoo. The new male infant was born to mum Alice following an eight-month pregnancy in front of ...

Chester Zoo has welcomed two senior jaguars - a mother-and-son duo - to a specially designed “retirement” habitat for big ...

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 ...

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 ...