Penguin keeper, Jess Ray weights Humboldt penguins during the annual weigh-in at ZSL London Zoo, London, where every mammal, bird, reptile, fish and invertebrate across the zoo is weighed and measured. Picture date: Monday August 19, 2024.



Staff at London Zoo need to tempt every mammal, bird, reptile, fish and invertebrate by placing food next to the scales to check their health.

Keepers find creative ways to measure animals at zoo housing 14,000 creatures

The attraction has replaced the surprise street art on a shutter with a reproduction to allow its full entrance to be used over summer.

Banksy removes London Zoo artwork for ‘safekeeping’

The immersive video exhibition bringing the Penguin's habitat to Central London. 

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The litter – who are yet to be named – arrived on March 13.

London Zoo staff ‘over the moon’ after welcoming three lion cubs

The western lowland gorilla baby was born on February 8.

London Zoo ‘over the moon’ to welcome second critically endangered baby gorilla

The Western Lowland gorilla mother, called Mjukuu, was in labour for just 17 minutes before she welcomed her baby.

Critically endangered gorilla born at London Zoo

London Zoo is doing its annual stocktake. The zoo has 300 different species, from Endangered giant tortoises and Asiatic lions

London Zoo begins the big task of counting every animal in the annual stocktake

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The four Chinese water deer fawns need to be protected as they are so small they can be picked off by birds of prey.

Zookeepers hand-rear tiny 'vampire' fawns as light as a can of Coke

Pygmy goats at London Zoo and Guernsey goats at Whipsnade Zoo will be totting up their exercise to help reach 40,075km (the globe's circumference) in 30 days.

Goats going head-to-head in an around the world in 30 days challenge

"He’s already started to flap and stretch his wings, and that strength will keep developing until he’s a confident flyer," said the Zookeeper.

Baby vulture captured spreading its wings at London Zoo 

The trio of Saki Monkeys including a 10-month-old baby arrived at Regent's Park conservation zoo from Whipsnade Zoo on April 27.

Family of monkeys welcomed by London Zoo in city's only living rainforest

The fluffy grey Ruppell’s griffon vulture chick weighed in at 115 grams when it hatched ..

Caught on camera: Moment vulture chick weighing the same as bar of soap hatches 

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The programme which aims to turn participants into spider lovers has helped more than 5,000 arachnophobes t

Can hypnotherapy 'cure' Britain's biggest arachnophobes?

ZSL's Thailand Country Manager May Moe Wah presenting sniffer dog Bess with a pangolin plushie for her travels (c) ZSL.JPG


Buster and Bess are preparing to join the conservation charity’s team of experts protecting the critically endangered pangolin in Thailand. 

How two crime-fighting dogs are fighting the illegal wildlife trade

Conservationists say fewer than 2,500 mature pygmy hippos are left in the wild prompting ZSL to work to protect the species which is under threat

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