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Annual stocktake of nearly 10,000 animals under way at UK’s largest zoo

Staff at the UK’s largest zoo have begun the mammoth task of counting nearly 10,000 animals in their annual stocktake. Whipsnade Zoo in Bedfordshire is home to more than 9,500 animals, which need to be audited on an yearly basis as a stipulation of ...

06 Jan 2022 at 16:25

Who’s a clever boy? Dogs can distinguish between languages, study suggests

Dogs are able to detect speech and distinguish between languages, new research suggests. A brain imaging study suggests the animals show different activity patterns to a familiar and an unfamiliar language. This is thought to be the first ...

06 Jan 2022 at 11:55

Keepers get counting for annual week-long London Zoo stocktake

A newborn Sumatran tiger cub, an Asiatic lion and a young sloth were among the newcomers being counted by London Zoo staff during their annual stocktake. Keepers were out in force on Tuesday, clutching their clipboards and cameras, as ...

04 Jan 2022 at 14:55

In Pictures: Count us in… animals look to help as zoo launches annual audit

Penguins, monkeys and camels were amongst the first in line as ZSL London Zoo began its annual stocktake. Each year, zookeepers armed with clipboards and calculators tally up every creature at the zoo. Asiatic lions were among those ...

04 Jan 2022 at 12:55

Fish brought back from extinction with help from zoo

A fish which became extinct in Mexico has been reintroduced to the wild with the help of conservationists from a UK zoo. The tequila fish, which grows no longer than 70 millimetres, disappeared completely from the wild in 2003 ...

29 Dec 2021 at 14:25

Wallabies weighed and millipedes measured for wildlife park’s animal count

From weighing wallabies to measuring millipedes, staff at the Yorkshire Wildlife Park have been carrying out their annual animal count. It took a week to record all the vital statistics of the park’s 57 species for the ...

31 Dec 2021 at 13:55

Polar bears’ personalities start to show after move to Staffordshire park

The head keeper of a wildlife park in Staffordshire, which has recently welcomed three polar bears in a first for the park, has said the “individual personalities” of the bears are beginning to show. Mother polar bear ...

18 Jul 2023 at 19:12

Who’s a good boy? Guide Dogs to study what makes a problem-solving puppy

It has always been somewhat of a rhetorical question, but researchers are hoping to be able to answer “Who’s a good boy?”, at least when it comes to guide dogs. Guide Dogs, the sight-loss charity, has launched a ...

02 May 2022 at 10:55

In Pictures: The world of fur, flippers and feathers in 2021

2021 was quite a year as pandemic lockdowns and restrictions continued to disrupt lives but in the animal kingdom it was very much business as usual. Here are some of the highlights: January February March ...

02 Jan 2022 at 09:25

Owners ‘so thankful’ to be reunited with stolen cocker spaniel after eight years

Sussex Police have reunited a dog with its owners after she was stolen from their front garden eight years ago. The Sussex Police rural crime team, with the RSPCA and Trading Standards, carried out a ...

07 Jan 2022 at 22:55

Zoo celebrates arrival of capybara pups during ‘perfect’ weather

Keepers at Exmoor Zoo in Devon were treated to their own festive miracle after two capybara pups were born on Christmas Day. The zoo delayed announcing the births to ensure the new arrivals survived,...

02 Jan 2022 at 17:25

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Mexican fish reintroduced to its river after becoming extinct in the wild

There once was a small fish called Tequila splitfin or Zoogoneticus tequila that swam in a river in western Mexico, but disappeared in the 1990s. Scientists and local people, however, have achieved ...

02 Jan 2022 at 19:55

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