Category: The Secret Life of the Zoo

As two rat snakes meet for the first time, will they mate or will the male eat the female for his dinner? And orangutan Tombol is parted from his sick mum, …

Vila the chimp makes a bid for the job of top female but gets hurt in a fight with rival Alice. And Chester Zoo’s super-rare pink pigeons need to stop…

Chester Zoo’s crocodiles need a blood test. But who wants to stick a needle in one of the world’s most dangerous reptiles? And a giant rat …

New: The Secret Life of the Zoo. Chester Zoo’s dominant lion is having a crisis of confidence. There’s been a bloodbath among the vampire…

At Chester Zoo, a giant otter’s hogging all the food. A turtle’s gone off his dinner due to a belly full of gravel. And a red river hog bullied…

Golden poison frog Pablo has lost interest in his partner Maria, so bad boy El Loco is brought in to shake things up. Baby porcupine Marion faces the meerkat…

The new series starts with a Malayan tapir eating for two. A hyacinth macaw called James Bond loses his mate. And the head of Chester’s Asian elephant…

Some memorable stories from Chester Zoo featuring new life and newborns – including the world’s rarest horses, an eastern black rhino,…

This week revisits some of the most compelling and memorable stories from the past five years.

This week features sumatran orangutans moved to a new home,…

This week revisits some of the most compelling and memorable stories from the past five years.

This week features one of the zoo’s most enduring…