Tag: Edinburgh Zoo
Valentine ideas from the zoo
Have a Wild Valentine’s Day at Edinburgh Zoo
Struggling 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’s pandas win awards
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 up for an award….
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...
Pandas celebrate one year in Edinburgh
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...
Roll up for your panda tickets!
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...
Pandas starring in the Beano!
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,...
Sixty Things to do in Edinburgh during the Diamond Jubilee Weekend
Additional reporting by Sarah Turnbull and Phyllis Stephen
With an extra couple of days off work at the beginning of June to celebrate HM Queen Elizabeth's 60 years on the throne, we thought you might...
Edinburgh Zoo offering some pre-school events
Edinburgh Zoo is hosting events and activities for pre-schoolers now that spring is supposed to be here. The are several events taking place throughout May and June.
Jo Jingles
On Wednesday 16 May and 6 June...
Pandas meet but are not yet matey
This has just come in :-
Edinburgh Zoo is delighted to announce that giant pandas Tian Tian and Yang Guang met for the first time this morning and then again several times this afternoon.
Based on...
New jaguar settling in at the Zoo
A big cat youngster has been settling into her new home at Edinburgh Zoo after she arrived from Krefeld Zoo in Germany. Only one and a half years old, the shy female is named...
Fiona was Zoo Keeper for the day
Fiona Ker aged 21 from Edinburgh lived out one of her dreams today as she enjoyed being a ‘Keeper for a Day’ at Edinburgh Zoo.
Fiona was the first visitor to experience exactly what it’s...
Fruits in the City and Streetwork have fresh ideas this year
Vulnerable people throughout Edinburgh have been given a fresh start this year thanks to a collaboration between a Leith-based workplace fruit delivery company and a local charity.
“Fruits in the City have been providing our...
More tickets for pandas on sale now
Edinburgh Zoo has now released giant panda viewing tickets for sale up to 18 March 2012.
Over 70,000 people have seen Tian Tian (Sweetie) and Yang Guang (Sunshine) since they went on public display just before...
Pandas v Penguins at Edinburgh Zoo
In the battle of the black and whites, things are likely to heat up again at Edinburgh Zoo as the top five most adopted animals has been announced.
Penguins have reigned supreme for many years,...
Zoo launches Panda Tartan
Edinburgh Zoo have launched their new tartan today, and as you might expect it is largely black and white.
Auspicious timings, to tie in with Burns Night and the Chinese New Year, Edinburgh Zoo have unveiled...
Sealion moves out of Edinburgh Zoo
Sofus, the sea lion at Edinburgh Zoo, is moving out, and the sealion enclosure will become home to penguins instead.
Darren McGarry, Head of Animals at Edinburgh Zoo, said:
“It is with a mixture of emotions...
What now for the pandas?
The two black and white bears living in Corstorphine are set to become the new stars and main attractions at Edinburgh Zoo when they are viewed by the public for the first time from...
Panda Patrol ready for the first visitors
The wait is almost over, as Edinburgh Zoo’s giant pandas prepare for their highly anticipated public debut next Friday.
With less than a week to go until panda fans can visit Tian Tian (‘Sweetie’) and...
Pandas settle in at Edinburgh Zoo
So the two newest residents have arrived at Edinburgh Zoo. What better way to tell you how they are after their long flight than to show you these lovely photos of Yang Guang settling...
Pandamonium – Panda Express to fly the bears to Edinburgh
The pandas are being delivered to Edinburgh Zoo on Sunday in a specially liveried plane.....here it is...
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Edinburgh Zoo welcomes the pandas….but what about the penguins?
The two Giant pandas Tian Tian and Yang Guang will be arriving at Edinburgh Zoo this Sunday. There will then be a two week gap before the public are allowed to see them.
But we...
Pandas to arrive next weekend at Edinburgh Zoo
Following months of global anticipation and excitement, the arrival date for Scotland’s first pair of breeding giant pandas has been confirmed as Sunday 4 December.
Tian Tian and Yang Guang are set to arrive in...
Panda bookings cause zoo computers to crash
PANDA-MONIUM caused Edinburgh Zoo’s ticket system to collapse.
Confirmation that Tian Tian and Yang Guang – meaning Sweet and Sunshine – were due to arrive next weekend resulted in a surge of people visiting to...
Penguins enjoy the bubble machine
Keeping over 200 playful and intelligent penguins entertained can be a challenge, but the staff at Edinburgh Zoo are experts at penguin enrichment.
Today they treated the penguin colony to a shower of bubbles from...
Edinburgh Zoo gets creepy crawly
From the Queensland Titan stick insect to the bird eating tarantula this October Edinburgh Zoo is home to all things creepy and crawly. Edinburgh Zoo is offering visitors the chance to discover more about the...
Fire-walking at Edinburgh Zoo – are you brave enough?
Ancient legend tells that brave rhinos walked on fire to stamp out flames to protect their habitat, and now Edinburgh Zoo is calling for volunteers to perform a legendary fiery feet of their own.
Edinburgh...
Drill, Baby, Drill….
No sign of Sarah Palin but a rare new baby at Edinburgh Zoo is keeping the resident drill family on their toes. This baby drill is the first to be born at the zoo, making...
Ricky the Chimp is 50!
High flying chimpanzee Ricky was on top of the world earlier today as Edinburgh Zoo celebrated his 50th birthday.
Ricky can often be seen perched at the highest point of the Budongo Trail, Edinburgh’s specially...
Edinburgh Zoo welcomes Anglo-American monkey
Visitors to the monkey house at Edinburgh Zoo have been meeting the Zoo’s latest arrival, an inquisitive orange-eye baby L’hoest’s monkey.
Born on June 26th 2011 to mum Tumbili and dad Kizizi, the baby L’hoest’s...
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