Dr Rikki Gumbs, Research Fellow at our Institute of Zoology and co-author of the study said: “From gorillas in the rainforests of West Africa, to two-centimetre-long snails on volcanic islands, over ...

ZSL's Wildlife Winners lottery is a fun way to support wildlife in need all over the world. Every entry helps fund our ...

Launching the lottery today (Wednesday 25 June) were London Zoo’s colony of Humboldt penguins, who enjoyed a winning breakfast of sprats from their Wildlife Winners Lottery buckets and the Zoo’s Saki ...

Previous estimates for declines of Critically Endangered angelsharks in Wales may have been overestimated, suggests our most recent ZSL-led study, identifying how changes to fishing practices have ...

Move over London Fashion Week, the Zoo is where it’s at this season. While it might be hard to compete with the ever-stylish Sumatran tigers and their classic stripes or the naturally flamboyant ...

Vets protecting UK wildlife Dr Clare McNamee, wildlife vet at our Institute of Zoology who led the health checks, said: “We’re delighted to report that all nine dormice passed their health checks and ...

A reel mystery Our archivists have been trawling through storage rooms to dig out artefacts to mark 200 years since Sir Stamford Raffles founded the organisation but among books and old uniforms, the ...

Sihek – an endangered bird recently returned to the wild – have laid eggs on their new Pacific island home for the first time, making them the first wild eggs for the species in almost 40 years. Nine ...

One of the world's most famous waterways is about to get a huge transformation - as part of a multi-million dollar project. Coastal habitats along the Greater Thames Estuary, the life source of ...

In October, I arrived in Cali, a small city in northern Colombia, to join the vibrant displays of the most attended (to date) Conference of the Parties (COP16) for the Convention on Biological ...

Living Planet Index 2024Measuring how and why nature is changing is critical to protecting it, and our world leading team of researchers spent over a year compiling and analysing data from monitored ...

Conservation Project Officer Hannah McCormick, who led the survey, said: “During the 2024 seal survey, we counted 431 harbour seals and 714 grey seals laying out on sandbanks along the Thames. By ...