Tag: penguins
Edinburgh Zoo welcomes three new penguin chicks
Three northern rockhopper penguin chicks hatched recently at RZSS Edinburgh Zoo.This makes it the most successful penguin breeding season at the zoo in over 27 years. Only days old, the chicks will remain on...
Bubble party for the penguins
For Penguin Awareness Day the penguins at Edinburgh Zoo were fed with bubbles to celebrate!The bubble machine was given as a Christmas gift through the Zoo's Amazon wishlist set up for the animals.Lorna Moffat,...
Penguins enjoy the snow……
Today at Edinburgh Zoo the penguins got a snowy treat.Keepers emptied buckets of crushed ice onto the mock sandy beaches at Penguins Rock as a special treat for the birds.Dawn Nicoll, Senior Keeper of...
Edinburgh Zoo inspired Christmas ad campaign
You may have seen the cute penguin based Christmas ad which is designed to promote John Lewis this gift-buying time, but now we know where they got their inspiration: right here in the capital...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
