Just like humans the animals at Colchester Zoo have to go to the dentist! Every few months the zoo is visited by Harley Street Dentist Peter Kertesz. Peter is qualified as a human dentist who usually works at his busy London...

On Friday 31st July, L’hoest monkey Biko gave birth to a healthy baby and on the 24th October the group were joined by another new arrival as Biko’s older daughter Casey gave birth to her own young! Biko is an experienced...

On the 14th October Kirk’s dik-dik Aluna gave birth to a healthy calf, the little one is a female and has recently been named Daphne by her keepers!  Aluna was born in February 2013 and is a first time mother, her...

UmPhafa ranger reports on camera trap success! There are many animals on Umphafa that we know are here but they simply manage to elude us. These are usually animals that are nocturnal or generally very shy such as Leopard, Honey badgers, genets,...

Colchester Zoo's first ever flamingo chick is confirmed a boy!In order to discover our chicks gender keepers had to collect one of his feathers to be sent off for DNA testing. Now 6 months old the youngest member of our flock...