Chester Zoo

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The Reserve at Chester Zoo is set to welcome its first guests this week.

Inside new UK Reserve where you watch giraffes and zebras from balcony

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Capybara cools off at Chester Zoo

Watch these super-cute Capybaras cool off with a swim

Chester Zoo has been crowned the country's favourite zoo on Tripadvisor.

Zoo voted as fan favourite on Tripadvisor

A stunning male lilac-breasted roller (pictured on the left) has arrived at Blackpool Zoo from Chester Zoo.

One of the most beautiful birds on the planet drops into zoo

The Reserve at Chester Zoo. CGI.

Ultimate African Safari experience gearing up to open in North West

Fen raft spider.

Watch: How big are fen raft spiders as species returns to UK

Extremely rare newborn crocodiles born through Chester Zoo

Hear the super-sweet chirps as extremely rare newborn crocodiles hatch

Adorable fluffy flamingo chicks hand-reared at Whipsnade Zoo

Meet the adorable fluffy flamingo chick being hand-reared by zoo staff

Some of the many animals who inhabit Chester Zoo.

Watch digital reporter Emma Downey take a trip around Chester Zoo

If you go down to the zoo today..

I went to Chester Zoo for the snow leopards but...

For the first time in its 93-year history, Chester Zoo has welcomed two snow leopards.

Zoo welcomes first snow leopards in its history

Blackpool Pleasure Beach ranks as UK's second most popular attraction outside of London

Lancashire attraction rated as UK's second most popular

Blackpool Zoo is monitoring the reproductive cycles of its female Asian elephants by using coloured edible glitter, which helps to identify the dung.

Why Blackpool Zoo is excited about 'supersized glittery elephant poo'

The critically endangered dancing lemur born at Chester Zoo Picture: Chester Zoo / SWNS

Watch: Baby lemur born at UK zoo that could save its species
A critically endangered lemur has been born at Chester Zoo - which could save the species from extinction
Tom Morton

Conservationists at Chester Zoo are overjoyed after the birth of one of the world's rarest mammals, a critically endangered eastern black rhino. The female calf was safely delivered onto a bed of soft sand by new mum Zuri on Sunday 12 November at 2.45pm, following a 15-month pregnancy.

CCTV captures the moment an endangered rhino is born in a UK zoo

Dobby the aardvark weighed just 1kg.

First ever baby aardvark born at Chester Zoo

Chester Zoo is giving away thousands of FREE tickets to school children

This is why Chester Zoo is giving away thousands of FREE tickets to school child...

The dusky pademelon joey

Rare miniature wallaby emerges from mother's pouch at Chester Zoo

The golf ball-sized hatchlings

Two critically endangered radiated tortoises have hatched at Chester Zoo

Firefighters at Chester Zoo after a fire broke out in the Monsoon Forest habitat area. The fire was caused by an electrical fault, an investigation has found. Photo credit: Peter Byrne/PA Wire

Chester Zoo fire 'caused by electrical fault'

Firefighters at Chester Zoo after a fire broke

Fire-hit Chester Zoo thanks public for Â£120,000 donations

Credit: Peter Byrne/PA Wire

Update given on animals at Chester Zoo after massive fire

Elephant calf Aayu Hi Way who along with another elephant calf, Nandita Hi Way, died on Thursday from Elephant endotheliotropic herpesvirus

Tragedy at Chester Zoo as incurable virus kills two elephant calves

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Blackpool Cubs at Chester Zoo

Scouting Snapshots
Cubs had a roaring great time on zoo visit
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A one-day-old Sumatran orangutan baby clings to mum Emma at Chester Zoo. The arrival is a boost to conservationists fighting to save this critically endangered species

Rare orangutan born at Chester Zoo

Chester Zoo

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