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Breaking news: Rare black rhino born!
Our keepers and conservation staff are celebrating the birth of a rare baby rhino.The five-day-old Eastern black rhino – a species which is classed by conservationists as critically endangered - is the...
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Zookeepers separate their bat boys from their bat girls!
Our keepers are busy checking on over 400 bats in our annual bat catch.All photos are © Peter Byrne/Press AssociationEach year our Seba's short-tailed, Rodrigues and Livingstone’s fruit bats are...
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Our latest rhino calf is called...
Our latest rhino calf, born to mum Malindi earlier in March, now has a nameOur keepers have named her... Dakima, which means 'joy of living' in Swahili.Dakima and mum are currently off-show to visitors...
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Breaking news: giraffe calf born!
We're delighted to announce we have ANOTHER new baby after giraffe mum Orla gave birth to her first calf last night.The house will be closed for a few days as the pair get to know each other. We'll...
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Rare deer hand-reared by our keepers
Zeyar, the UK’s only baby brow antlered deer, licks her lips after getting her breakfast bottle from lead keeper Helen Massey. The tiny arrival, who weighed just 3.7kg when she was born, is going from...
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Rare giraffe calf born!
Our baby boom shows no signs of letting up as we celebrate the birth of a rare giraffe.All images © Peter Byrne/Press Association The Rothschild giraffe calf - the world’s most endangered sub-species...
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It is with sadness that we can confirm the death of our female Komodo Dragon, Flora.Flora, who had been with us since 1999, had been suffering from ill-health and was receiving veterinary care. Despite...
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Our hormone tests increase the chances of panda cubs in Edinburgh
Scientists at Chester Zoo have said hormone changes in Edinburgh Zoo’s female panda indicate she will come into heat within days. Chester Zoo’s Endocrinology Technician, Rebecca Purcell, analyses...
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Our keepers and vets give piglets and pups the once over
Two of the world’s rarest pigs and a pair of ‘feisty’ baby otters have had their first ever health check-ups.The pint-sized piglets and tiny pups were checked over by the zoo’s vets who weighed them,...
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Humboldt penguins hatch!
Our latest arrival is out of this world – and has a name to match after keepers named the chicks after icons from Dr Who.Weighing just 66g, the baby chick Doctor is one of the first Humboldt penguins...
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Zoo digs in to create wildlife haven
We're create a wildlife haven, opening a free nature reserve outside our main entrance.Curator of Horticulture and Botany, Mark Sparrow, plants the first trees on the site of a new nature reserve with...
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Say hello to Nima!
These are the very first few pics of Nima, our beautiful new red panda, who arrived this week! Nima, which is the Tibetan for 'sun', has already settled in brilliantly after moving here from a zoo in...
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Meet all "aaah!" new arrivals
We've had a brilliant baby boom in the last few months at the zoo, and sometimes it's hard to keep up! We've put together a handy guide so you can see all our new arrivals in one place. Nothing beats...
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Sloths have a health check
Our vets have given full and thorough health checks to our two-toed sloths Tina and Camillo. It was the very first time they had been able to confirm the genders of the duo, assess their teeth and body...
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How ‘dung science’ has led to our rhino baby boom
Ground-breaking science by our staff has helped to achieve a rhino baby boom.Our researchers have spent the last five years carefully monitoring the hormone levels of their resident female rhinos in a...
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Say hello to our new male giraffe
Please give a big welcome to three year old Meru, our new male giraffe. He has just arrived from Leipzig Zoo in Germany and is already getting to know our girls!Click here to find our giraffes on our map.
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Chester Zoo staff making a run for it
A dedicated team of Chester Zoo staff members and friends are in the final stages of their training for the 2013 BUPA Great Manchester Run.The team are joining the 40,000+ runners who are taking part...
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Pele
It is with great sadness we have to tell you that after a short illness our male jaguar, Pele, died this morning.Born in 1993, Pele joined us in 2004, from Marwell Zoo. He has been extremely popular...
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Sir David Attenborough pays us a visit
We were absolutely delighted to welcome a very special visitor yesterday - much-admired broadcaster and naturalist Sir David Attenborough.Sir David met our Greater one-horned rhinos, Beni and Asha, as...
View ArticleStaff raising money for our vital conservation projects
We're very proud of our team of runners who completed the Great Manchester 10k Run in some hot conditions!The fantastic news is that the team have raised a total of just under £1000 for our vital...
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