Red pandas,elephants, and lynx have proved they’re on the good list this year, as Father Christmas (aka their zookeepers at Whipsnade Zoo) delivered a sleigh-ful of special seasonal food and gifts for them. Red pandas Ruby, Nilo, and their cub Hattie had their usual breakfast of […]
Lions, elephants, macaques, and rockhopper penguins were treated to an early Christmas at Whipsnade Zoo, with zookeepers creating special seasonal food and gifts for them. Kicking off the festive fun at the UK’s largest zoo, […]
Nacho and Tafari, a pair of aardvarks, have taken up residence at Whipsnade Zoo – a move carefully coordinated to support the conservation breeding programme. The nocturnal pair wasted no time exploring their new digs […]
While stargazers were searching the skies for the Leonids meteor display last week, zookeepers at Whipsnade Zoo in Bedfordshire were observing their own other-worldly spectacle – the birth of a giraffe calf. After a 15-month […]
Rhinos, black lemurs, and a pride of ten lions were trick-or-treated to Halloween fun this week at Whipsnade Zoo, as ‘Boo at the Zoo’ takes over for October half-term. Kicking off the spook-tacular fun at […]
Whipsnade Zoo has announced the death of Bashu, a 13-year-old male giraffe described by keepers as a “gentle giant” and the much-loved patriarch of the herd. The difficult decision to euthanise him was taken on […]
As schools in Luton spent last week welcoming back children fresh from a summer spent climbing trees, building sandcastles and playing football in the park, conservation charity ZSL is calling on the UK government not […]
A new arrival at Whipsnade Zoo marks a vital boost to the European breeding programme for the red panda – a globally endangered species. Born at the conservation zoo on 23rd June to mum Ruby […]
Whipsnade Zoo is spearheading a breeding programme for the Boxer pupfish after their aquarists confirmed that six of seven unique pupfish, including the boxer pupfish, are likely extinct in the wild. Wading through the calm […]
It took eight zookeepers, six vets, five vet nurses, four farriers, and two veterinary anaesthesiologists, to perform a life-changing veterinary procedure on Bashu, a 16 feet tall, reticulated giraffe at Whipsnade Zoo. The iconic animal, […]
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