Tag: Animals
More than just a cute name!
May 19, 2023
We’re celebrating Endangered Species Day 2023 with our endangered female bokiboky, who recently arrived at Marwell to join our resident male, Nilo! Lilith, who arrived at the zoo in May, […]
Meet our newest crawly critters…
May 11, 2023
We’ve added a plague of locusts and a orchestra of crickets to the growing list of animals that guests can enjoy seeing at the zoo. The insects, which are housed […]
Blesbok blessings
May 4, 2023
Guests witnessed a very special moment at Marwell on May Day as one of the zoo’s blesbok delivered her calf in full view. The tiny new arrival was born in […]
Celebrating recent updates at the zoo
May 2, 2023
By James Cretney, Chief Executive at Marwell Wildlife As previously reported, for the last 5 months we have had a ban on moving any animals in or out of the […]
How do you build an animal habitat?
April 28, 2023
Before we welcomed our new clouded leopard siblings, Kanya and Taevey in 2022, our teams did a fantastic job developing a new environment for them. The Habitats and Carnivores team […]
Watch our chicks grow! 🐣
April 28, 2023
The arrival of a pair of new blue-faced honeyeater chicks is giving our guests a glimpse at behaviour rarely seen in zoos. Our blue-faced honey eaters are the only birds […]
Tiny boost for previously extinct Przewalski’s horse
April 25, 2023
We are delighted to announce the birth of a rare Przewalski’s foal who will join our harem in the valley field. These horses were extinct in the wild from 1969 […]
Goodness me, she’s a cute one!
April 19, 2023
We’ve got another new arrival to announce to the world and goodness me she’s a cute one! The new sitatunga calf, who was born last Wednesday morning (12 April) was […]
Meet the new kids on the block
April 5, 2023
It’s been a busy couple of months at the zoo and we’ve enjoyed welcoming lots of new arrivals destined to play a huge part in their species’ conservation. From our […]
Exciting Zoo Updates
March 29, 2023
By James Cretney, Marwell Wildlife Chief Executive In our last newsletter, I tried to set the scene, post covid, that Marwell finds itself in. Having done this and explained some […]