Animals were also brought in on ships to the docks at Liverpool. “People used to buy the animals as pets and when they got too large they wanted to give them to someone”.

Besides sharing reflections on what people think and feel when they look at certain animals, Salaheddine's book examines the urban state of the big, crowded, and increasingly un-green zoo, built ...

The zoo has been closed since March 21 - but still needs around £465,000 a month to feed and look after the animals. ... People can still enjoy what Chester Zoo has to offer.

While zoo campaigns this June focus on giraffes and gorillas, Zoo Guide™ is flipping the script with “30 Days of Animal Spotlights”—a disruptive new campaign confronting the reality that many zoo ...

Chester Zoo have revealed their favourite pictures of their animals from 2014. Glowing amphibians, new arrivals, pioneering operations, a television drama and some vital conservation work. Chester ...

Conservationists are celebrating the recent birth of an onager foal, one of the rarest animals on Earth, at Chester Zoo. Experts say the birth will shine a spotlight on ‘overlooked’ equid ...

The Chester Zoo in England reports that the fen raft spiders "just had the biggest mating season on record" after they almost became extinct Alamy The Chester Zoo is looking back on a monumental ...

Black rhinos are some of the most endangered animals on the planet, but Chester Zoo has had some good news as a baby calf has just been born.

Conservationists from Chester Zoo are celebrating after three "incredibly rare" birds have hatched as part of an international conservation project. The blue-eyed ground doves, which were reared at ...

A rare and critically endangered animal has been born at Chester Zoo. The mountain bongo is Africa's rarest large mammal and up until now only one had been born at the zoo in over a decade.

Conservationist's and animal lovers are celebrating the birth of a Coquerel’s sifaka lemur, a critically endangered species. The tiny new arrival was birthed at Chester Zoo by 11-year-old ...

Baby okapi born at Chester Zoo may help preserve rare species Chester Zoo is offering visitors an ‘okapi experience’ with the animals Only 10,000 okapi remain in the wild (stock image) ...