London Zoo

08/04/2025

Meet Amara, the sassiest animal at the Zoo 🦛

Pygmy hippos like Amara are now incredibly rare, with only around 2500 remaining in the wild.

Through ZSL we obtained the first ever photos of pygmy hippos in Liberia, helping pioneer wildlife conservation for hippos in the country.

Join us at the Zoo this Easter for Zoonormous Egg Hunt, and support our global conservation work 🙌

Our Ask A Keeper series is created in partnership with Liontrust Heroes 🦁

05/04/2025

Raising a Critically Endangered vulture chick 🐣

After hatching out of their egg and spending their first few days being cared for by Zookeepers, Norbert is now back with their parents and growing up fast.

Join us at the Zoo this Easter for our Zoonormous egg hunt, and track down hidden eggs to win a tasty treat.

30/03/2025

The mothers of London Zoo 🙌

21/03/2025

This tea time alarm can be heard from over a mile away.

Gibbons sing each day to reaffirm their bond and warn rivals to stay out of their patch.

13/03/2025

One year of being conservation icons 🦁🦁🦁

Mali, Syanii and Shanti are helping us inspire the next generation of conservationists to protect Asiatic lions like them out in the wild.

There are approximately 600 Asiatic lions left in the Gir Forest of Western India, their last remaining natural habitat.

This small population survived in a patch of forest where one disease epidemic or forest fire could wipe them out forever.

Through ZSL and together with our partners, we have built a legacy to protect the lions of the Gir Forest, providing training, conservation tech and veterinary support.

06/03/2025

Happy World Book Day 📚🎉

Meet the small black bear called Winnie from our historic conservation Zoo who inspired the yellow, honey-loving bear from the Hundred Acre Wood that we all know and love today 🍯

Her gentle and friendly temperament made her hugely popular with our visitors, including a certain Alan Alexander Milne and his son, Christopher Robin Milne.

Christopher Robin was such a fan that he even renamed his teddy bear after her.

And from there, family favourite Winnie-the-Pooh was born 🐻

Find out more about our history with Winnie here: https://bit.ly/4imYaEQ

01/03/2025

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Asiatic lions once ranged from Turkey to Eastern India, but were almost hunted to extinction.

Today they cling in a small pocket of habitat in India, and through ZSL we’ve worked with partners to protect their species.

From working out in the field to contributing to the Zoo conservation breeding programme, we’re creating routes to recovery for these special animals.

23/02/2025

The next nominee of BIAZA Woman of the Year is Angela Ryan! 🎉

Angela is Head of Zoological Operations at London Zoo having been at the Zoo since 2003.

🦒She has worked hard to provide opportunities for keeping staff to further their career progressions, such as by spearheading specialised staff roles like as Browse Management Officer and Enclosure Design Officer, and more Lead roles on the sections. These roles allow staff to excel at their unique talents and expertise to benefit the wider institution. These initiatives have helped ZSL lead in excellence on many disciplines, setting a benchmark for animal welfare and husbandry practices

She has also helped create a new Keeper & Aquarist Apprenticeship scheme, liaising with BIAZA and other zoos.

👩‍🏫She is very supportive when staff wants to progress or expand their knowledge, and she will do what she can to help them along, whether it is through mentoring or sending them on training courses.

Her nominator wrote: “It has always been a priority for Angela to motivate and empower keepers to excel in their careers.”

“Angela always has time for staff members needing a chat, and she is one of those rare true listeners out there.” 👏

19/02/2025

Baby boom in the rainforest ☀️

We're celebrating a flurry of births at Rainforest Life, with a white-faced saki monkey, Endangered golden lion tamarins and a Critically Endangered gentle lemur among some of the latest newborns.

Our two golden lion tamarin siblings, male Pomelo and female Clementine, have been named by Zookeepers after vets confirmed their sexes this month.

Elsewhere among the tree canopy, a ten-month-old white-faced saki monkey has been named Fia, while a two-month-old Alaotran gentle lemur has taken its first tentative jumps beyond the safety of mum Hazo and dad Rocky.

The tiny lemur, whose species is listed as Critically Endangered by the IUCN Red List, has been slowly gaining confidence over the past two months, making its first trips across its outdoor paddock with its mother and nibbling on a diet of leafy greens.

18/02/2025

The trickiest animal to spot in the whole Zoo 🔍

Our three-banded armadillo is nocturnal and lives at the bottom of Rainforest Life, making him the most difficult animal to see at the Zoo.

If you’ve seen him out and about, you have successfully completed London Zoo 🫡

Our Ask A Keeper series is created in partnership with Liontrust Heroes

14/02/2025

Who doesn't love a dik dik pic? ❤️

Check out these beautiful pics that our keepers have been sending us.

These tiny animals grow to a maximum size of just 40cm, making them one of the smallest species of antelope in the world.

14/02/2025

Happy Valentine’s Day ❤️

In our world of love, you’re probably showering your partner with gifts - like roses or heart-shaped chocolates to show a bit of affection. Other members of the animal kingdom attempt to impress their loved ones with romantic gestures. Just not quite the way we’d expect.

Read 11 of the strangest mating habits of some of our animals at our conservation Zoo, from shimmying ostriches to er… golden porcupine ‘showers’.

Click on the link in the comments 👇

13/02/2025

Two of our smallest primates have taken a very special trip to the dentist, as our vets worked with specialists in animal dentistry to ensure our patients got the very best in dental expertise.

Five-year-old pygmy slow loris Ernest and black-capped squirrel monkey Nuka were brought into the vet hospital for dental operations, after previous checkups had identified potential gum infections.

After an x-ray and thorough examination, the vets discovered a broken tooth had been lurking beneath Ernest’s gum, causing the swelling, while vets discovered that two of Nuka’s teeth – a canine and incisor – needed extracting.

Ernest and Nuka were star patients and now doing much better after their dental operations.

Learn more about the expert care given by our team of veterinarians this February half term at Vets in Action – a week of fun, allowing kids to try their hand at being a vet and treating on soft toy animals.

09/02/2025

Vets in Action returns this half term 🙌

We're on a mission to bring you closer to wildlife, and for little ones aspiring to work with animals when they're older - our Vets In Action event is right up their street.

The immersive experience runs every 20 minutes throughout the half term week where children will step into the shoes of our dedicated vets and perform health checks on a number of 'pretend' animals, including an animatronic rhino calf.

Throwback to when our vets brought in a CAT scanner to give our handsome Asiatic male Bhanu some specialist diagnostics for recurring ear infections. Each and every day our dedicated vets and vet nurses are delivering specialist care to our incredible animals.

03/02/2025

33 endangered Darwin’s froglets have been born at London Zoo 🐸.

These precious froglets are a symbol of hope for one of the world's rarest species.

Darwin’s frogs have an extraordinary strategy to rearing their young. Brooding fathers carry the tiny tadpoles inside their vocal sacs before they metamorphose into little froglets and ‘give birth’ through their mouths.

Darwin’s Frogs, rescued from deadly fungus in Chile, arrive safely at London Zoo for vital breeding and research programme

03/02/2025

29/01/2025

The year of the 🐍

👑 The world’s longest venomous snake, king cobras are the only snake known to build a nest for their eggs.

🦏 No one knows for sure why rhinoceros snakes have a pointed nose, but by working closely with them at the Zoo, we can help advance understanding of the species.

🧬 One of the rarest of all snakes, Mangshan pit vipers were only identified by the scientific world in 1990.

🌳 Emerald tree boas are among the 30% of snakes that give birth to live young.