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Conservationists plan ways to recover critically endangered frogs
Experts are urgently working to save Australia's Southern carroboree frogs from extinction in the wild. The critically endangered frogs, which live in the Snowy Mountains region of Kosciuszko National Park, showed no signs of breeding last year, and the worry is...
2014 Year of the Bear
A look back...
In celebration of the opening of Colchester Zoo’s bear enclosure ‘Bears of the Rising Sun’, a number of special events took place during 2014 Year of the Bear. There were opportunities to find out more about bears in...
Colchester Zoo BioBlitz success!
On Friday 5th and Saturday 6th September, staff and volunteers took part in this year’s BIAZA BioBlitz!
The BioBlitz was conducted on the zoos nature area, and the survey included sightings of amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals, insects and plants.
Moth...
Seven Refrigeration Raises Awareness of Endangered Big Cats
Ipswich based national cold storage and refrigeration firm Seven Refrigeration are supporting our charity Action for the Wild to increase awareness of the plight of two of the world’s most endangered big cats.
Along with a financial contribution to the charity, Seven...
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