Our Humboldt penguin's feathers are very important for keeping them warm and dry but after about a year the feathers may break, lighten in the sun and look a little worse for wear. In order to replace these feathers with a...

Just before Christmas we welcomed the arrival of 4 Uromastyx lizards which are better known as the Sahara spiny- tailed lizards! Before their arrival Colchester Zoo was home to one lone male Uromastyx lizard called Spike, so our new arrivals are a...

Our Blue crane pair, Cecil and Sapphire successfully laid an egg which on the 24th June hatched and gave us a chick! Now a few months old the young bird is doing well and its parent’s previous experience of looking after young...

On the 7th of June, exactly a year and a day after welcoming their last chick, our Victoria crowned pigeon pair successfully hatched another who has been confirmed as female.  The new arrival joins mum, Violet and dad, Ozzy in the...

On the 28th March keepers heard noises coming from a small den made underground within the otter’s enclosure, a sure sign that Chea, our breeding female had once again given birth! Now the young cub has grown bigger it has been...