Zoo News Archive

August 1, 2019

This month we are focusing on our stunning okapi! Here at Marwell we have three okapis, Jabari (our male), Daphne (our female) and their calf, Niari.  Okapis are an endangered […]

July 19, 2019

Keepers have discovered at least eight eggs in their nests! Keep your eyes out for the nests next time you’re at the zoo as they are quite the sight. Flamingos usually […]

July 15, 2019

We’re celebrating the hatching of a baby flamingo chick There’s a new fluffy addition to our Greater Flamingo family. A little chick hatched this week and has been caught on […]

July 15, 2019

We are celebrating six healthy chicks which have been recorded on the Marwell estate this year The six healthy, and fluffy, owlets come from two breeding pairs on the estate and […]

July 14, 2019

Now the full collection of 50 jaw-dropping and life-like LEGO® brick dinosaurs is on display. The five new ROARsome dinosaur species include a towering four-metre tall Plesiosaur, a super-sized and super […]

July 1, 2019

As staff install the final BRICKOSAURS! sculptures, our big cats get a sneak peek of the baby Tyrannosaurus rex. model before it’s installed next to its mum. The baby T.rex […]

July 1, 2019

Our ring-tailed lemur troop are July’s star species! Our loveable lemur troop are an endangered species from Madagascar. In the wild, ring-tailed lemurs are threatened by habitat loss and hunting for […]

June 15, 2019

Marwell is celebrating a first (and second!) as we welcome two lesser kudu calves, a species previously never bred in the zoo. First-time mums and calves are all doing well. Keepers […]

June 15, 2019

Our birds team have been busy this month with a new species and plenty of chicks. A new species arrived can now be spotted in the zoo, a Himalayan monal! […]

June 15, 2019

See our animals in a different light and feel like a VIP on a private sunset safari. You might have heard us talking about out sunset safaris before, but did […]