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The Objectives of the Centre for Fortean Zoology’s Big Cat Study Group

Can this “frozen zoo” resurrect the Northern White Rhino?

As bombs rattle their enclosures, thank heavens for the heroic keepers caring for the animals in Kyiv zoo

Blasts, bombs and bullets threaten the animals of Kyiv Zoo

Let’s get it on! Marvin Gaye impersonator serenades zoo’s endangered monkeys to help them get in the mood for mating season

This cute little pup is the first giant anteater to be born at Dudley Zoo, in Birmingham, for 85 years!

The baby – who doesn’t have a name yet – was born on 17 January and keepers say it is “healthy and alert”.

Its parents Lyra and Bubbles surprised keepers when they found out they had had a baby, but said it was “fabulous news”.

Paignton Zoo in Devon, is the latest organisation to team up with a charity, called Nature’s Safe, which cryogenically freezes genetic samples of animals.

So far, the charity has made a ‘biobank’ of frozen samples from around 80 different species at its laboratories.

Nature’s Safe is one of Europe’s first biobanks dedicated to preserving endangered animals in this way.

Chester Zoo, along with scientists at the University of Surrey, are starting a world first vaccine trial that could save the lives of many poorly young elephants!

The vaccine is designed to protect against a deadly disease called elephant endotheliotrophic herpes virus (EEHV) which affects some elephant calves.