Latest Zoo News

Published 10.12.2014 Thousands of penguin chicks rescued and reintroduced to the wild to save a species

African penguins are now an endangered species and it remains critical to save every individual possible to bolster numbers in the wild.

Published 10.12.2014 Bristol Zoo marks 50th anniversary of endangered species list

Throughout the month of November, Bristol Zoological Society is celebrating the 50th anniversary of International Union for Conserving Nature (IUCN) Red List, which identifies the world’s most threatened species and facilitates their conservation.

Published 10.12.2014 People’s Plant Collection project in the running for £120,000 to transform Bristol with native wild flowers

The People’s Plant Collection, a Bristol project, is gearing up for a chance to win £120,000 of funding from the Big Lottery Fund to help communities transform their area through Grow Wild, a UK mass participation programme.

Published 20.11.2014 Bristol Zoological Society to row for conservation in dragon boat race

Bristol Zoological Society will be rowing for conservation in the Sue Ryder Dragon Boat Race this Sunday (14th September).

Published 19.11.2014 Avon Invasive Weeds Forum secures grant to safeguard species within the River Avon

The Avon Invasive Weeds Forum (AIWF) has been granted over £13,000 through SITA Trust - following an application submitted by the Bristol Zoological Society - to control invasive weeds within the River Avon, which threaten both plant and animal species.

Published 19.11.2014 World leading primate expert joins Zoo’s conservation science department

Dr Gráinne McCabe will head up the conservation science and research team at the Bristol Zoological Society – which operates Bristol Zoo Gardens and the new Wild Place Project at Cribbs Causeway.