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Latest News
The Press Office of Edinburgh Zoo is open from Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm.
If you have any press queries please telephone 0131 3140312.
Please see below for the latest Zoo news.
Zoo babies p-p-pick up a penguin
Friday, Jul 16, 2010
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.
Sun shines on Edinburgh Zoo as they bear all
Wednesday, Jul 07, 2010
The latest arrivals at Edinburgh Zoo went on public display today (7 July 2010). Having flown over 6,000 miles from Cambodia, the two Malayan sun bear brothers, named Rotana and Somnang, are the only bears of their kind in Scotland and are one of the rarest in the world.
Three little pigs hog the limelight at Edinburgh Zoo
Wednesday, Jun 30, 2010
Keepers at Edinburgh Zoo are celebrating the birth of three male red river hog piglets. Born on 6 June 2010, red river hogs have been at Edinburgh Zoo since 2004 and this is the second year they have bred successfully.
Two New Beavers for Wild Beaver Trial
Wednesday, Jun 30, 2010
Yesterday [Wednesday 23 June] in Mid-Argyll, two beavers were released in Knapdale Forest as part of the five-year Scottish Beaver Trial (SBT). The male and female, which were captured in Norway, bring the number of resident wild beavers in Scotland to nine.
Hey Joey, Hop Off!
Wednesday, Jun 30, 2010
A new addition to the swamp wallabies can now be seen at Edinburgh Zoo. Born in September last year and the first to be born of this species at the Zoo, the baby wallaby or joey was hidden in his mother’s pouch for eight to nine months before emerging.
Clear Reasons for Glasswalk at the Zoo
Friday, Jun 18, 2010
Participants see a clear reason for Edinburgh Zoo's charity glasswalking event: protecting endangered animals
Father’s fight to breed could prove deadly
Friday, Jun 18, 2010
As Father’s Day approaches on 20 June, one species at Edinburgh Zoo faces a potentially lethal battle in his quest to become a Dad. The southern cassowary, a large flightless bird from the tropics of New Guinea and Australia, has to judge whether it is the right time to approach the female or face a vicious and potentially lethal rebuff to his advances. And if that’s not enough, he gets landed with childcare afterwards!
He's Not Heavy, He's My Brother!
Monday, Jun 14, 2010
Hot on the hooves of Samir, the 18-month greater one-horned male Indian rhino who arrived at Edinburgh Zoo on 5 May, Bertus, a second rhino arrived on 1 June from Rotterdam Zoo, and in the last week has been successfully introduced to his new home and his new ‘flat mate’.
The Zoo gives children a night to remember
Monday, Jun 07, 2010
Edinburgh Zoo opened its doors on Friday (4 June) night to over 1500 bereaved, long term, terminally ill and special needs children and their carers as part of a free evening called Dreamnight designed to give kids a night to remember away from prying eyes.
That's Neat, Check Out Those Happy Feet!
Saturday, Jun 05, 2010
After a successful mating season for the gentoo penguins at Edinburgh Zoo, the first chicks, which hatched from 7 May onwards, are now growing fast and taking their first steps.