On the 31st March some of Colcheter Zoo's keepers, along with staff from Natural England and the National Trust, released all of the captive Fisher's Estuarine moth eggs from the Colchester Zoo habitat. In total 16 batches were placed at Copt...

Colchester Zoo is delighted to announce that pied tamarin Teela gave birth to another pair of twins on the 23rd April 2017! The tiny new arrivals are spending most of their time clinging to their mum but it won’t be long...

On the 15th April our keepers heard noises coming from a small den made underground at Otter Creek by our Smooth coated otters, a sign that Chea, our breeding female may have given birth. A few weeks on and our keepers...

This year Essex Business School at the University of Essex is searching for the county’s favourite tourist attraction, as voted for by 16 to 25 year olds, to celebrate the launch of its new BSc Tourism Management degree at the Southend...

We welcomed a male red river hog to Colchester Zoo on the 20th April from Oklahoma Zoo in America! He is currently being kept separate to our existing family of hogs made up of David and his 5 offspring, but it...