Tag: Edinburgh Zoo
Zoo helps to build nests for flamingo flock
It is not only the pandas who need help at Edinburgh Zoo. The zoo's bird keepers are getting stuck in the mud as they help their flamingo flock build their nests in readiness for...
Baby gibbon monkeying around at the Zoo
A baby buff-cheeked gibbon is turning out to be quite a wee acrobat at Edinburgh Zoo.
He is now old enough to explore away from his mother and appears to love nothing more than swinging...
Edinburgh Zoo welcomes first ever banteng calf
Edinburgh Zoo’s hoofstock keepers have welcomed their first ever beautiful banteng calf! Although only four weeks old, the bubbly boy loves to canter around outdoors with his parents.
The calf, who has been named Kala,...
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Mammoths at the Museum - Edinburgh Zoo's wallabies celebrate Australia Day - Photos - The Edinburgh Alphabet - South Queensferry Rotary club
We went to see the Mammoths yesterday. If you visit from today then...
Celebrating 100 years of penguins at Edinburgh Zoo
100 years of penguins!
Only recently relegated to minor rock star status due to the arrival of the pandas, the penguins are perhaps the best loved animals at Edinburgh Zoo.
The Royal Zoological Society of...
Edinburgh Zoo P…p..p..p..picks up £100,000
The People's Postcode Lottery handed over £100,000 to Edinburgh Zoo this week to the penguins. Instead of champagne the inhabitants of Penguins Rock celebrated with a bubble machine.
Awarded to the conservation charity the Royal...
Christmas gift idea – Mini keepers experience at the 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...
Baby koala is now out and about!
Photo ©Donald Gow and used with permission
Excited 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 wins award for food
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...
Cute animal alert – Pygmy hippo calf born at Edinburgh Zoo
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...
No panda cub for Edinburgh Zoo this year
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...
Panda update
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...
Tian Tian – the update
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...
News of birth at Edinburgh Zoo….
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...
Bearing gifts as the world awaits news about UK’s first panda cub
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...
Panda update – no news today
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...
Edinburgh Zoo Panda keepers on 24 hour watch for cub
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 helping to save the top ten mammals
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...
Yang Guang’s 10th birthday celebrations planned for tomorrow
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...
Tian Tian ‘may give birth in a month’
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,...
Video Footage of Southern Cassowary Laying an Egg
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...
Panda news – is she or isn’t she?
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....
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Chris West, CEO of the Royal Zoological Society...
First Minister visits Edinburgh Zoo to see the pandas
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...
First gentoo chick hatches at Edinburgh Zoo
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...
Spy in the Huddle came to Edinburgh Zoo
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...
One of our pandas is pregnant….maybe…
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...
Pandas – the ten day countdown starts
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...
The penguins are back!
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...
Will there be panda cubs this year in Edinburgh?
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...
Celebrate St Valentine’s in the heart of Scotland!
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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...