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World Orangutan Day – how a small deed can make a huge difference 19 Aug 2013 | 01:34 pm
Every day in the annual calendar seems to be dedicated to a particular cause or issue, with the hope to raise global awareness about the subject. Well today it’s the turn of one of our favourites – to...
Our mission to save one of the world’s rarest lizards 12 Aug 2013 | 03:23 pm
One of the rarest lizards in the world has been brought to the UK from its native home to allow a team of Chester Zoo experts to work out how to save it. The numbers of Bermuda Skink (Plestiodon long...
Nutkin Ventured, Nutkin Gained 25 Jul 2013 | 09:08 pm
Chester Zoo is of course heavily involved in the conservation of exotic species such as the critically endangered Eastern black rhino, Asian elephant and Sumatran orangutan. But we also believe that c...
Worldwide Call for Action to Stop Illegal Killing of Wildlife 25 Jul 2013 | 09:08 pm
Chester Zoo staff attended an international conservation conference in Des Moines, Iowa in July and joined the over 200 conservationists in a call for worldwide action to stop illegal killing of wildl...
Acting for Wildlife in China 5 Jul 2013 | 09:08 pm
Learn all about our recent trip to Chengu, China, and how we're helping to develop conservation education programmes for wildlife in China like the Giant Panda and Red Panda. I’m Ruth Pearson and I w...
Chester Zoo’s enor-moth task to save rare species 12 Jun 2013 | 06:55 pm
We're embarking on a mammoth task to reintroduce a rare native species back to the UK. A team of experts will begin the task of planting hundreds of miles of the spiky plants in an effort to save a n...
A new nature reserve takes shape 24 May 2013 | 09:07 pm
As part of our on-going commitment to conserving UK wildlife we're creating a new nature reserve. Our Biodiversity Officer, Sarah Bird, brings us up to speed on the plans for a new nature reserve. Pe...
In Search of the Great Crested Newt 22 May 2013 | 09:30 pm
People associate Chester Zoo with exotic species not realising we also work with local endangered wildlife such as dormice and sand lizards, as well as rare tree species such as the black poplar. The...
Snared Black Rhino - We lost him 25 Apr 2013 | 08:37 pm
To hear that a rhino has died is always a sad day, but to know that it was a senseless death caused by poachers is horrific. For those of you who have been following this story we’ve just received th...
Snared Black Rhino Appeal - latest update from the search team in Kenya 15 Apr 2013 | 08:58 pm
Thanks to all of you who have been following our appeal for support in the search for the injured Black Rhino. Over the weekend we received the following update from the search team, first with excit...
