Tag: Animals

Potoroo joey at Marwell Zoo

Marwell Bites animal news October 2025

October 23, 2025

Pumpkin season has arrived! This week, our residents have been tucking into some seasonal treats (keep an eye on our socials to see more), and there’s plenty of other exciting […]

marwell zoo royal python

How new research is helping understand the secret lives of snakes

October 21, 2025

For many years, snakes have proven an especially tricky group to understand, reptile behaviours are often subtle and difficult to detect which leads to them being misjudged. However, exciting new […]

Okapi calf and mother Daphne at Marwell Zoo

Celebrating our third okapi calf birth in three years this World Okapi Day

October 18, 2025

We’re celebrating World Okapi Day on October 18 with some very exciting news – the birth of a new endangered okapi calf. Born to mother, Daphne on 10 September 2025, […]

A southern long-nosed potoroo in habitat at Marwell Zoo.

Marwell Zoo celebrates first baby potoroo just in time for World Animal Day

October 8, 2025

We’re delighted to announce the arrival of our first ever potoroo joey! The elusive and tiny southern long-nosed potoroo joey, is probably three months old, but has only just been […]

Marwell Zoo snow leopards Warjun and Zaya. credit Graeme Pickett

Marwell Bites animal news September 2025

September 26, 2025

As summer fades, we’re kicking off a season of exciting animal action at the park. From tiny new arrivals to habitat upgrades, the park has been buzzing this month. A […]

Scimitar-horned Oryx in the wild

Celebrating the first-ever Scimitar-Horned Oryx Day – a 50-year conservation story

August 19, 2025

By Sophie Whitemore, Marwell Wildlife Zoologist & International Studbook Keeper for the Scimitar-horned Oryx On 16 August 2025, we’re celebrating the very first Scimitar-Horned Oryx Day, a new world awareness […]

Marwell Wildlife Scimitar-horned oryx in Tunisia

Scimitar-Horned Oryx Day – a symbol of saving species from extinction

August 14, 2025

This week sees the first International Scimitar-Horned Oryx Day in recognition of the decades-long work conservation organisations like Marwell Wildlife have done around the world to save the species from […]

Potoroo at Marwell Zoo

Meet our new potoroo pair!

July 31, 2025

Meet our new potoroo pair, Neville and Truffle! Truffle may be the younger of the two, but she’s certainly the bolder, often the first to appear when keepers arrive with […]

Hanoi, a male binturong at Marwell Zoo

New binturong arrives for vital breeding programme

May 28, 2025

What looks like a cross between a bear and a cat and smells like buttery popcorn? A binturong of course, and we have welcomed our second of these unusual animals […]

Cotton-top tamarin twins

Twice as nice! Meet our cotton-top tamarin twins

April 10, 2025

It’s a case of twice as nice – or maybe double trouble – at Marwell, where twin baby cotton-top tamarins have arrived just in time for National Siblings Day today. […]