I never understood why the name of the Clore Pavilion's nocturnal section was changed from "Moonlight World" to "Nightlife"; its original name of...
Cotton Terraces
Definitely not the first female white rhinoceros at Paris Zoo; possibly something else "lost in translation".
I am attending; it will be good to see you again "Gavialis". Hopefully I'll meet some other ZooChatters there too.
Unfortunately I don't have a copy of the Black Rhinoceros Studbook as that would probably answer your latest question. Frustratingly Rookmaaker's...
Obviously it depends on how you define "prime" but I think London Zoo's collection was probably at its prime in the 1930s. Times change; it is...
According to the book "The Rhinoceros in Captivity" (Rookmaaker; 1998), "Cornelius" was born at Granby on 11th December 1979; parents "Bulley" and...
The common hippopotamus is now back on display in the Whale Hall / Ungulate Gallery but various other specimens are still off exhibit. In addition...
By coincidence, I'm in the Natural History Museum this afternoon. The Javan rhinoceros still shares a display case with a mountain zebra and a...
This was originally built as the elephants' indoor bathing pool. It was, indeed, used as temporary accommodation for the young (and sadly...
The most recent Whipsnade Animal Inventory lists 2.3 Francois langurs as at 1st January 2024 and a youngster was born on 17th February.
Indeed it was extremely frustrating that Whipsnade's last Thomson's gazelles were really off-exhibit and almost impossible to see properly....
The Whipsnade train used to run through the paddock where the white rhinoceros herd was kept. I think "ajmcwhipsnade" was referring to a young...
Yes Whipsnade's nilgai died out in 2008; a new stock of nilgai was then acquired when the antelope collection was enriched about 2013/4. Around...
Indeed the yaks were moved from that paddock into the old onager paddock in 2017.
Applogies for being pedantic but this row of aviaries was known as the Eastern Aviary. (The Western Aviary, located behind the Mappin Terraces,...
The giant tortoises do not have outdoor acccess in their current exhibit.
The Chinese water deer exhibit is behind the otter enclosure and is easy to miss. (Before being used for Chinese water deer, it used to house...
Some dates that might be of interest: The female Arabian oryx "Caroline" arrived at London Zoo on 29th November 1959 and, on 25th June 1963, was...
Old black & white photos restored and coloured. Special exhibition 6th - 20th April. See the links below: Once bustling zoo brought to life...
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