Tag: Animals
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 […]
Incredibly rare birth wows zoo guests
March 16, 2023
Guests got to witness the birth of a Critically Endangered addax calf when mother, Amelie, went into labour on Wednesday morning. The male calf was born shortly after 12:30pm in […]
Helping the world’s most vulnerable species
March 9, 2023
A Marwell conservationist has contributed to a ground-breaking study about species that have been declared Extinct in the Wild. The paper, which explores the potential to bring animals and plants […]