On March 3, 13-year-old Rothschild's giraffe Orla welcomed her sixth calf at the Chester Zoo Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013. Her work has ...

A 58-year-old chimpanzee who was rescued from a pet shop in New York and brought to the UK in the 1960s has died, zoo bosses have announced. Chester Zoo said staff had said goodbye to Boris the ...

Chester Zoo's Lantern and Lights trail has reopened for 2024, and so we headed along to see how it's all looking. Bosses say this year's trail is longer than ever, and it takes visitors on a ...

Four Maccoa ducklings - one of Africa’s rarest duck species - have hatched at Chester Zoo for the very first time. The ...

Chester Zoo in northern England is partnering with Mitsubishi Electric to implement more sustainable heating, starting with the habitat of its critically endangered black rhinos.

A rare 2-year-old Rothschild giraffe named Edie, Oral’s new calf, at the the Chester Zoo in the United Kingdom was seen walking around, exploring her new home for the very first time.

Chester Zoo is in mourning after the death of Boris - a beloved 58-year-old chimpanzee and one of its oldest residents. Boris had been a fixture at the zoo for over 50 years but had recently shown ...

Extremely rare – and extremely adorable. The Chester Zoo in Cheshire, England, has welcomed the birth of a Western chimpanzee, the most endangered subspecies of chimpanzees. The zoo announced ...

Two snow leopards have arrived at Chester Zoo ahead of the opening of a huge new Himalayan habitat for the species. It’s the first time in the conservation charity’s 93-year history that its ...

Chester Zoo is now home to male leopard Yashin and female Nubra, who are just over 18 months old and arrived from zoos in Europe after being carefully matched as part of an important breeding ...