Zoo News Archive

July 15, 2018

Education is an inseparable part of conservation and we are hugely proud of this milestone achievement.  We are celebrating the one millionth student visit to the zoo.  The milestone occasion was […]

May 25, 2018

It’s National Volunteer Week from 1-7 June and to celebrate we want to highlight the amazing work of our dedicated volunteers. We have more than 130 volunteers who make up […]

April 22, 2018

We’re celebrating Earth Day with a huge carbon reduction of 72 per cent in ten years, bringing it closer to its goal of becoming carbon-neutral by the end of 2020. […]

March 28, 2018

It has been an exciting start to 2018 for our global conservation team, who have been hard at work across three continents. Northern Kenya In January, Marwell Wildlife was one […]

March 22, 2018

From a Linné’s two-toed sloth, to colourful free-flying birds, our animals are settling well into their new home the Tropical House. Flying High Under the exhibit’s spectacular curved roof in […]

March 22, 2018

Our new immersive and sustainable ‘Energy for Life’ Tropical House will become the first in the UK to generate energy using waste ‘zoo poo’. Spanning two levels with fantastic vantage […]

March 12, 2018

It has been exciting start to the year for all at Marwell with new arrivals and new births that have brightened up the cold winter months. White-faced saki monkey The […]

February 22, 2018

It is with great sadness we have to announce the passing of Ralph, our much-loved Humboldt penguin aged 19. Ralph was born on New Year’s Day 1999 and spent most […]

January 22, 2018

Annual stocktake is underway as we count 2,000 animals  From the tiniest insect to the tallest giraffe, all creatures great and small are being counted by keepers at Marwell Zoo […]

January 12, 2018

This weekend The Great Grevy’s Rally, a two-day photographic census of the remaining Grevy’s zebra populations, is being carried out by teams of conservationists, conservancy managers, community members and local […]