Coming to the Zoo in July or August? Come Back Again for a Fiver!
When you visit the Zoo during July or August, you will receive a voucher to return to the Zoo for just £5. Read on to get all of the details!
Primates Talk
On Wednesday 4 August, join our primates keepers as they look back on the last few months and share all of the inside information about our engaging primates!
Plant sale at the Zoo
Do you love the lush plants at Edinburgh Zoo? On Tuesday 10 and Wednesday 11 August, you can buy some of our own Zoo-grown plants direct from our greenhouses and get expert advice on how to care for them from our dedicated Gardens Team.
You're sure to see our new species for 2010: Sun Bears!
Edinburgh Zoo is delighted to welcome our newest species: Malayan sun bears. Get your tickets to see the sun bears today! You can also adopt a sun bear or make a donation to help RZSS support endangered animals like the sun bear.
Budongo Trail
Get closer to the chimps at our state-of-the-art enclosure!
Latest News
Certified fish isn’t fishy, as RZSS scientist confirms
A scientist from the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland is using forensic techniques to check that the sustainable fish we’re being sold is what it claims to be.
Zoo babies p-p-pick up a penguin
New animal births were put to one side today as Edinburgh Zoo celebrated a bumper few years for human births instead. With 18 children born since 2007 to parents who now work at the Zoo, the Zoo’s breeding success with animals seems to have rubbed off on its staff! Now as part of the Zoo’s campaign to recruit more animal adopters culminating in Adoption Awareness Day at Edinburgh Zoo on Saturday 17 July, these children, all aged three years and under, have been given an extra special award – a gentoo penguin chick named after each of them.