Latest Zoo News

Published 06.05.2020 Bristol Zoo opens the archive for VE Day

With VE Day approaching, it is a timely opportunity to look back on our history during WW2 and reflect on how Bristol Zoo has coped in challenging times – both then, and now.

Published 01.05.2020 Kea chicks hatch here at the Zoo

Two kea chicks have hatched here at Bristol Zoo Gardens, helping to safeguard the population of these endangered birds.

Published 30.04.2020 Invertebrate of the Month: Lord Howe Island stick insect

This month our star invertebrate is the critically endangered Lord Howe Island stick insect

Published 27.04.2020 New tree kangaroo joey perfectly demonstrates ‘staying at home’

Our tree kangaroo joey has emerged from its mother’s pouch for the first time.

Published 24.04.2020 Stories from the field to be delivered by Bristol Zoological Society conservationists

Protecting wild western lowland gorillas in Equatorial Guinea will be the subject of a free online talk delivered by Bristol Zoological Society next week.