National Conservation Zoo
Opening times today: 10am - 5pm (Last entry at 4pm)
Read the latest updates from Chester Zoo.
The groundbreaking "poo zoo" project is helping to collect living cells from animal dung to protect endangered species and secure the future of wildlife conservation.
Volunteering has now been powering our mission forward for ten years!
We're encouraging progress in UK-EU talks to ease conservation animal transfers.
We're working with partners to balance tiger population recovery and human-tiger conflict.
Two female bat-eared foxes have arrived at Chester Zoo - the first of their kind to be seen at the zoo in more than 30 years.
Zoo leaders are calling on the UK government to cut the red tape that’s strangling vital conservation breeding and science efforts.
We’re thrilled to announce that Chester Zoo has received a £4,073,372 boost from The National Lottery Heritage Fund to support our Networks for Nature initiative.
A rare Malagasy fossa has arrived at Chester Zoo, marking an exciting new chapter in our mission to protect this endangered species.
Join us for a chance to reward the heroes who are making environmental education come alive for young minds.
Rico the sloth's smile has been restored.
Help us double donations to protect the world's most trafficked mammal.
In their recently released rankings, Tripadvisor have rated us as the best zoo in the UK, and the third best zoo in Europe.
