Tag: Edinburgh Zoo

Edinburgh Zoo has launched its first Mini Keeper experience. The perfect Christmas gift for the littlest adventurer in any family, the newest hands-on animal experience is for children aged between five and seven years.The...

 Photo ©Donald Gow and used with permissionExcited visitors at Edinburgh Zoo have recently been able to catch a glimpse of the UK’s first ever koala joey as it starts to emerge from mum Alinga’s...

Edinburgh Zoo, the largest wildlife attraction in Scotland, and its catering partner Levy Restaurants has been awarded the highly regarded Food for Life Catering Mark, becoming the first zoo in the UK to achieve...

 Ellen and Otto the pygmy hippos at Edinburgh Zoo are celebrating the arrival of a new calf born on Sunday 27th October. A female who has been named Adana by her keepers, which is a West...

It looks as though the waiting game is over, as the Zoo have issued a statement about the giant panda Tian Tian which confirms that they do not believe she is pregnant. It appears...

And it appears yet again that we are being told that no news is good news......Simon Girling, Head of Veterinary Services for the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland, said:“We know it seems hard to...

Edinburgh Zoo, realising that we are all losing a little heart perhaps, has issued an update on the is she isn't she debate about the Giant Panda Tian Tian.“Panda breeding is not a precise...

But not the one you're really waiting for! This is the first koala joey born in the UK, not a wee black and white bundle of joy. The recent arrival was born to koala...

While we are all waiting for the equivalent of the Royal birth here in Edinburgh one of the companies who are trying to help the zoo ensure that any panda cub is given the...

Edinburgh Zoo is celebrating its centenary this year and of course there would be no better way to celebrate than a little panda cub. Some media are already reporting Tian Tian's pregnancy as a...

Just as the Fringe is coming to an end in Edinburgh so great excitement builds along the road in Edinburgh Zoo that the female giant panda Tian Tian is truly pregnant with one or...

Edinburgh Zoo Says it is helping save the species on Top Ten List of Mammals Surviving Because of Zoos   Edinburgh Zoo has worked towards the conservation of five out of the 10 mammals surviving because of...

As the UK’s only male panda hits double digits tomorrow 14 August 2013, Edinburgh Zoo says it has many special treats planned in celebration, for the prospective father and visitors to the zoo. In the...

There is a possibility that Tian Tian the female panda at Edinburgh Zoo may be expecting the pitter patter of panda paws in little under a month's time.The Zoo have put out a statement,...

 Using surveillance cameras, keepers at Edinburgh Zoo have managed to capture rare footage of their female southern cassowary Sydney laying an egg. The cameras were placed in the birds’ nesting site when they started...

Well the Zoo is not saying......But they have sent us a lovely video of the female panda, Tian Tian having a lovely time in her pool....[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJS7BKPrR-s&w=560&h=315]Chris West, CEO of the Royal Zoological Society...

First Minister Alex Salmond has congratulated Edinburgh Zoo on meeting a volunteering milestone during its centenary year. Now in its 100th year, the Zoo has just recruited its 100th volunteer. Danielle Bowers was one of a number...

Let us introduce you to the first gentoo penguin chick born at Edinburgh Zoo in their Centenary year and the first chick ever born in the new enclosure Penguins Rock!The chick was only a...

Yesterday a collection of spycams from renowned BBC programme Spy in the Huddle visited Penguins Rock at Edinburgh Zoo, and some young rockhopper penguins made new friends with their spycam doppelgänger and started trying...

 The latest update from the zoo is much more upbeat than previous releases over the last week or so. It is reproduced for you below. First however here is a little video footage from...

 It looks as though the date is now set for panda activity of the mating kind.....EdinburghZoo say that giant pandas Tian Tian and Yang Guang are likely to meet for the 2013 breeding season...

Penguins Rock, the revamped outdoor penguin pool at Edinburgh Zoo has reopened to members of the public , and hurray hurray the Penguin Cam is back. When it was launched the penguin cam quickly became...

Now that Valentine's Day is out of the way Edinburgh Zoo are turning their thoughts to panda romance. Our  pandas have another chance to breed this year, and already Tian Tian and Yang Guang have...

© Atanasija1 | Stock Free Images & Dreamstime Stock Photos Love is in the air and Valentine's Day is on its way. What better way to celebrate such a remarkable day than spending some quality...

Have a Wild Valentine’s Day at Edinburgh ZooStruggling with what to get that special someone? Bamboozled by a beau? Then fret not, as Edinburgh Zoo has Valentine’s Day gifts wrapped up. Go wild his Valentine’s...

Edinburgh Zoo Strikes Gold and Double Silver In Giant Panda Zoo Awards 2012   Edinburgh Zoo has scooped three awards in the first ever Giant Panda Zoo Awards:Iain Valentine, Director of Giant Pandas at the Royal Zoological Society...

Only one of our pandas is nominated in the first ever Giant Panda Zoo Awards 2012. And Edinburgh Zoo says is delighted to announce that it has been nominated in several different categories.Favourite Panda...

Our two pandas arrived from China amid a fanfare of tartan one year ago tomorrow. The year has passed without the pitter pattering of any baby panda paws, but the pair have become the...

As the giant pandas’ very first birthday celebrations on Scottish soil fast approach, Edinburgh Zoo has released giant panda viewing tickets for sale up to the 30th November 2012. Well over 300,000 people have flocked...

PREPARE TO BE BAMBOO-ZLED! It’s Panda-monium as The Beano & Edinburgh Zoo join forces Britain’s best-loved weekly comic, The Beano, brings its unique brand of mischief to Edinburgh Zoo this week when the Zoo’s giant pandas,...