Colchester Zoo has introduced a brand new colony of Leaf-cutter ants into the exhibit at the Kingdom of the Wild house. Sadly the previous colony was not able to survive after the death of their queen. Leaf-cutter ants such as ours...

On Tuesday 31st March our male Giraffe Epesi left the collection to join a bachelor herd at Twycross Zoo. Epesi has been with us for a number of years and it was hoped he would become a breeding male for our...

Our lambs have arrived! Through out March and April we welcomed a number of lambs and kids to our Colenso Village walkthrough enclosure!  First we saw the arrival of our cameroon lambs which were quickly followed by a set of pygmy...

On Tuesday 24th March we said farewell to our our eldest and first Spotted hyena offspring, Nafari, who has moved to Beauval Zoo in France to join a young female in the hope that they will become a successful breeding pair....

The latest arrival to our aardvark group has been confirmed as male and given the name Adela Junior or ‘AJ’ as he is now known to keepers. The name was given to him after his father Adela, who sadly passed...