Last year, Whipsnade Zoo welcomed many new animals into the world as part of its essential conversation programme. To kick off 2025, staff have been going around the zoo to count the mammals ...

Zookeepers have conducted a stock take with a difference, by counting every animal on the site - including lions, flamingos and bears. There are more than 245 species at Whipsnade Zoo in Bedfordshire.

Whipsnade Zoo has welcomed a trio of rare Northern African lion cubs, marking a huge conservation success for the vulnerable sub-species. Footage captured by the conservation zoo’s CCTV shows ...

Whipsnade Zoo has welcomed a second endangered reticulated calf just a few weeks after the arrival of another. The male calf 'is an important addition to the conservation breeding programme' at ...

A zoo in southwest England is working to rescue a freshwater fish species, considered one of the "most imperiled groups of animals on earth" from extinction.. Whipsnade Zoo in Dunstable, a town in ...

Sarah McGregor, from Whipsnade Zoo, said: "It's been 17 years since we last had African lion cubs at Whipsnade, so these three new additions really are something special for us.

Whipsnade Zoo said keepers were happy to see the three cubs quickly get the hang of suckling and the trio have spent their first few weeks mostly eating and sleeping.