Happy to link up with conservationists, vets, keepers, ecologists, academics and animal-lovers.
Journo requests to r.waller@chesterzoo.org.
This is the account for Chester Zoo's Science and Field Programmes departments. We share science and global conservation news here.
Happy to link up with conservationists, ecologists, academics and animal-lovers.
Journo requests to r.waller@chesterzoo.org, please. No DMs, thanks! 🐘🌏
If you would like to know what we're doing to help the Javan Green Magpie, click here:
www.chesterzoo.org/conservation...
🌏🐦
If you would like to know what we're doing to help the Javan Green Magpie, click here:
www.chesterzoo.org/conservation...
🌏🐦
(Pic: Javan green magpie. Status: Critically Endangered. Chester Zoo is part of an international breeding program and supports in-field action to save the species)
🌏🪶
(Pic: Javan green magpie. Status: Critically Endangered. Chester Zoo is part of an international breeding program and supports in-field action to save the species)
🌏🪶
A few years ago, a stretch of road in Brazil was dubbed the “Highway of Death”. One of the most dangerous roads in South America for drivers, it also claimed countless animal lives
(Picture courtesy of ICAS)
🐜1/6
🌎🦇
A few years ago, a stretch of road in Brazil was dubbed the “Highway of Death”. One of the most dangerous roads in South America for drivers, it also claimed countless animal lives
(Picture courtesy of ICAS)
🐜1/6
🌎🦇
Full story → https://biglife.org/program-updates/big-life-news/lost-lion-cub-update
#lion #bigcats #rescue
www.chesterzoo.org/news/how-to-...
🌍🦇
#bonfirenight #diwali #halloween #autumn #nature
www.chesterzoo.org/news/how-to-...
🌍🦇
#bonfirenight #diwali #halloween #autumn #nature
⬆️ last 500 years! 👎
...but...
⬇️ last 100 years! 👍 (in general)
Unpacking the extinction crisis: rates, patterns and causes of recent extinctions in plants and animals @royalsociety royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
@wcs.org Chris Walzer & Neil Vora call for treating biodiversity loss & climate change as one global health emergency, protecting nature is a public health imperative.
@wcs.org Chris Walzer & Neil Vora call for treating biodiversity loss & climate change as one global health emergency, protecting nature is a public health imperative.
@mongabay.com has run a comprehensive feature on where our work is up to...
news.mongabay.com/2025/10/nuns...
🧪🌎
@mongabay.com has run a comprehensive feature on where our work is up to...
news.mongabay.com/2025/10/nuns...
🧪🌎
www.chesterzoo.org/conservation...
🌍
www.chesterzoo.org/conservation...
🌍
Following a whirlwind week in Abu Dhabi, Chester Zoo experts reflect on their time at the IUCN World Conservation Congress – perhaps the most significant event in the conservation calendar:
www.chesterzoo.org/news/chester...
🌍🌏🌎
Following a whirlwind week in Abu Dhabi, Chester Zoo experts reflect on their time at the IUCN World Conservation Congress – perhaps the most significant event in the conservation calendar:
www.chesterzoo.org/news/chester...
🌍🌏🌎
Good news, though: our scientists have carried out the first ever successful microchipping trial on these salamanders!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWzV...
🧪🌎🦇
Good news, though: our scientists have carried out the first ever successful microchipping trial on these salamanders!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWzV...
🧪🌎🦇
(Image courtesy of the Snow Leopard Trust, whose work we support in Kyrgyzstan)
(Image courtesy of the Snow Leopard Trust, whose work we support in Kyrgyzstan)
Huge congratulations to our conservation partners in Malaysia, HUTAN, who have secured a massive conservation win alongside their local partners, the Sabah Biodiversity Council, and the State government.
🌴1/6
Huge congratulations to our conservation partners in Malaysia, HUTAN, who have secured a massive conservation win alongside their local partners, the Sabah Biodiversity Council, and the State government.
🌴1/6
(Pictured: Rheocles, an endemic Malagasy freshwater fish, during a fish count our Field team helped conduct)
🌍🦇
(Pictured: Rheocles, an endemic Malagasy freshwater fish, during a fish count our Field team helped conduct)
🌍🦇
A Chester Zoo scientist is leading on a lifesaving mapping project to predict where conflicts may occur based on historical incidents. 🐘
www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/ar...
#coexistence 🧪🌏🦇
A Chester Zoo scientist is leading on a lifesaving mapping project to predict where conflicts may occur based on historical incidents. 🐘
www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/ar...
#coexistence 🧪🌏🦇
Zoo representatives met at #iucncongress2025 to mark the agreement.
❄️1/2
Zoo representatives met at #iucncongress2025 to mark the agreement.
❄️1/2
By the way, did you know we work with Malagasy partners to protect fossa forests in the wild?
Find out more (and consider donating) here: chesterzoo.org/madagascar
#fossa #fossalove #toebeans
By the way, did you know we work with Malagasy partners to protect fossa forests in the wild?
Find out more (and consider donating) here: chesterzoo.org/madagascar
#fossa #fossalove #toebeans
From 9-15 October, key representatives from our education, science, and policy teams will be there...
🌏1/2
#IUCNcongress #IUCN2025
From 9-15 October, key representatives from our education, science, and policy teams will be there...
🌏1/2
#IUCNcongress #IUCN2025
A virus that kills young elephants in as little as 24 hours may have finally met its match. Scientists at Chester Zoo, the University of Surrey, and the Animal and Plant Health Agency have developed what they are calling the world’s…
www.chesterzoo.org/news/we-ve-d...
This is massive for #elephant conservation and we reached this point thanks to our partners and you, our supporters. Now on to the next stage...
🌏🧪🦇
www.chesterzoo.org/news/we-ve-d...
This is massive for #elephant conservation and we reached this point thanks to our partners and you, our supporters. Now on to the next stage...
🌏🧪🦇
This is the account for Chester Zoo's Science and Field Programmes departments. We share science and global conservation news here.
Happy to link up with conservationists, ecologists, academics and animal-lovers.
Journo requests to r.waller@chesterzoo.org, please. No DMs, thanks! 🐘🌏
This is the account for Chester Zoo's Science and Field Programmes departments. We share science and global conservation news here.
Happy to link up with conservationists, ecologists, academics and animal-lovers.
Journo requests to r.waller@chesterzoo.org, please. No DMs, thanks! 🐘🌏
Shoppers can download the free app and use it to scan barcodes while they shop.
Good for orangutans, good for shoppers!
🌴 1/3
Shoppers can download the free app and use it to scan barcodes while they shop.
Good for orangutans, good for shoppers!
🌴 1/3
This model, first conceived in 2023, originally set out to replace the 50-year-old perception of zoos and aquariums...
🌎1/4
This model, first conceived in 2023, originally set out to replace the 50-year-old perception of zoos and aquariums...
🌎1/4