Our ecologist spotted this siskin high in the trees this week. A small member of the finch family, siskins will live in southern England all the way through Winter 🌨️ Have you ever spotted one? Keep an eye out next time you visit us 👀 #birdwatching #hampsteadheath #nature

Tomorrow, I get to work 🐼🐸🐧🪱🕷🦍 at Hertfordshire Zoo; for the first time. Teaching and learning truly branches across all industries; delighted to be working with ~100 zoologists this morning at #BIAZA biaza.org.uk/events/detail/… Programme biaza.org.uk/downloader/3077

Why do you love being a zoo educator? 👀 To celebrate International Zoo and Aquarium Educator Day, we’re shining a spotlight on some of the most passionate and knowledgeable educators in the field at the BIAZA Conservation Education Conference 2025 and asking them the biggest

We’re in the spotlight! 🌟 Sealife Adventure is featured in the latest BIAZA Browse magazine, a proud moment for our corner of the Thames Estuary! 💙 Fresh off achieving Accredited Status, we’re shining brighter than ever✨ #VisitEssex #SouthendOnSea #BIAZA #BIAZABrowse

🐘 Elephant spotted on the Amazon River! It’s been a busy week for ZSL at #COP30. Today, our symbolic elephant travelled down the Amazon with MPs to highlight the impacts of climate change on biodiversity - and the power of Nature-based Solutions and sustainable finance to help

🍂 Relax this Sunday morning with a #MindfulMinute of autumnal red panda cubs 🍂 🦝🦝These twins, Yun and Ajay, from @BanhamZoo were born back in June. Just 2,500 remain in the wild. Therefore, every successful birth ensures they can have a future 🤗💕 📷 ZSEA Banham Zoo

Luca, Cayaha and Sanuk have their special strut mastered! 🐵 Siamang gibbons are incredible acrobats and can even walk upright, using their long arms to balance ⚖️

We have been shortlisted for a prestigious BIAZA national wildlife restoration award! 🎉 We've been put forward in recognition of one of our conservation projects, Assisted Recolonisation of Pine Martens in Wiltshire and Somerset...

Today we’re celebrating giant anteaters 🐜 🐽 their sense of smell is 40x a human's 🦷 they have no teeth 👅 their tongue is ~60cm long 💅 their claws are so huge they walk on their knuckles Every time you visit Gizmo and Zef you help Icas - Wild Animal Conservation Institute save the species in Brazil 💛

Fota Wildlife Park is delighted to announce the birth of two meerkat pups to mother Biggy and dad, Snaggle, who are the dominant breeding pair within the clan.

⛰️🐈 Happy #Caturday! Let's check in with the wildcats in Scotland: In Saving Wildcats (#SWAforLIFE)' latest update Highland Wildlife Park and the wider Cairngorms, 18 cats were released this year - bringing the total up to 46 wildcats 🐱 Read more: biaza.org.uk/news/detail/18… 📷 Saving Wildcats

Conservationists are working to protect London’s uniquely 'charming hairy snail' — and Thames21 is proud to be supporting this project with Citizen Zoo, ZSL, and many other fantastic partners. Read more here: theguardian.com/environment/20…

This interactive event sparked great discussion on how CITES Authorities and the zoological community can work together to support international conservation breeding programmes for endangered species🐾 Thank you to BIAZA & APHA for collaborating on this important work!

"A satisfied customer, we should have him stuffed!" 😂 Huge thanks to John Cleese for visiting our zoo and sharing our passion for protecting Madagascar's wildlife... especially the lemurs! 🐒

National Tree Week 🌳🌲 Discover the importance of trees & how we are managing our woodlands for the future with this blog post from our Reserve Team 👇 pensthorpe.com/national-tree-…

Bringing real-world wildlife science directly to biology students 🔬 We have launched a first-of-its-kind educational project, Inside Nature, which is designed for biology students. 🔗Find out more: ZSL.org/InsideNature

🐽 Colchester Zoo has welcomed a new aardvark, Indie! He arrived to the zoo from Shepreth Wildlife Park as part of conservation breeding recommendation. Fun fact: these insectivores can eat up to 50,000 insects each night 🐜🐜 📷 Colchester Zoological Society

🌴 Bringing the tropics to Bristol 🐦😎 @BrisZooProject has opened a new habitat - a Tropical House which features new reptile, mammal, insect and bird species, many of which are listed as Threatened. Read more: biaza.org.uk/news/detail/ne… 📷 Bristol Zoo Project

On Friday, our policy team met BIAZA, WWT, and TheFamilyHolidaysCo to discuss a new campaign improving access to family days out. Many thanks to London Zoo for hosting and showing us the iconic Grade I-listed Penguin Pool, Elephant House, and archives!

An historic moment for Norfolk - A free-living Beaver has been recorded at Pensthorpe 🦫 Discover more @ pensthorpe.com/beaver-at-pens…