This curious corvid has caught people's attention! If you would like to know what we're doing to help the Javan Green Magpie, click here: www.chesterzoo.org/conservation... 🌏🐦

Today's mood: inquisitive (Pic: Javan green magpie. Status: Critically Endangered. Chester Zoo is part of an international breeding program and supports in-field action to save the species) 🌏🪶

Great news this World Anteater Day (November 19th)! A few years ago, a stretch of road in Brazil was dubbed the “Highway of Death”. One of the most dangerous roads in South America for drivers, it also claimed countless animal lives (Picture courtesy of ICAS) 🐜1/6 🌎🦇

This is amazing! Huge congratulations to our partners for reuniting this little lost lion cub with the rest of the litter. 😍

A great reminder that nature is amazing.

Autumn is a key time of year for many UK species, and there are easy things you can do (and some you can avoid) to help nature thrive right now! www.chesterzoo.org/news/how-to-... 🌍🦇 #bonfirenight #diwali #halloween #autumn #nature

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Our health depends on the planet’s health 🌎 @wcs.org Chris Walzer & Neil Vora call for treating biodiversity loss & climate change as one global health emergency, protecting nature is a public health imperative.

We are part of an ongoing international project to save the achoque salamander. @mongabay.com has run a comprehensive feature on where our work is up to... news.mongabay.com/2025/10/nuns... 🧪🌎

A major threat to Madagascar's rarest type of forest could be solved by one thing - the hedge. 🌳🌳🌳🌳 www.chesterzoo.org/conservation... 🌍

🌿Chester Zoo is helping shape the future of conservation:🌿 Following a whirlwind week in Abu Dhabi, Chester Zoo experts reflect on their time at the IUCN World Conservation Congress – perhaps the most significant event in the conservation calendar: www.chesterzoo.org/news/chester... 🌍🌏🌎

Fewer than 150 achoque may survive in the wild, and we need a way to monitor their health and other factors to better protect them. Good news, though: our scientists have carried out the first ever successful microchipping trial on these salamanders! www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWzV... 🧪🌎🦇

Today's mood. (Image courtesy of the Snow Leopard Trust, whose work we support in Kyrgyzstan)

Biodiversity win alert! 🙌 Huge congratulations to our conservation partners in Malaysia, HUTAN, who have secured a massive conservation win alongside their local partners, the Sabah Biodiversity Council, and the State government. 🌴1/6

Today's mood: (Pictured: Rheocles, an endemic Malagasy freshwater fish, during a fish count our Field team helped conduct) 🌍🦇

More than 500 people and 60-100 #elephants die each year due to human-wildlife conflict in India. A Chester Zoo scientist is leading on a lifesaving mapping project to predict where conflicts may occur based on historical incidents. 🐘 www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/ar... #coexistence 🧪🌏🦇

Chester Zoo, @thetorontozoo.bsky.social and DublinZoo just announced a major partnership to advance conservation cryopreservation, which may be key to preserving the precious genetic diversity of threatened species. Zoo representatives met at #iucncongress2025 to mark the agreement. ❄️1/2

Our fossa pup health check has gone viral! 🥹 By the way, did you know we work with Malagasy partners to protect fossa forests in the wild? Find out more (and consider donating) here: chesterzoo.org/madagascar #fossa #fossalove #toebeans

🌍 We're heading to Abu Dhabi for the IUCN World Conservation Congress - one of the most significant events in global conservation. From 9-15 October, key representatives from our education, science, and policy teams will be there... 🌏1/2 #IUCNcongress #IUCN2025

A nice write-up from Science Blog

HUGE news: after a successful trial, we can tell the world we helped develop the world's first 🐘 EEHV vaccine! www.chesterzoo.org/news/we-ve-d... This is massive for #elephant conservation and we reached this point thanks to our partners and you, our supporters. Now on to the next stage... 🌏🧪🦇

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Hello world! This is the account for Chester Zoo's Science and Field Programmes departments. We share science and global conservation news here. Happy to link up with conservationists, ecologists, academics and animal-lovers. Journo requests to [email protected], please. No DMs, thanks! 🐘🌏

Appsolutely amazing: Our PalmOil Scan App, which launched in 2022, has reached a massive landmark: more than 50,000 products are now listed in its UK database. Shoppers can download the free app and use it to scan barcodes while they shop. Good for orangutans, good for shoppers! 🌴 1/3

An update to the Zoo Sphere of Influence model was recently published in the Biological Conservation journal (tinyurl.com/zoosphere) This model, first conceived in 2023, originally set out to replace the 50-year-old perception of zoos and aquariums... 🌎1/4

Calling all zoo professionals: we are running a global survey of zoo and aquarium visitors to better understand nature connection and wellbeing outcomes to visits - and we want you to be involved! Info: linktr.ee/bridget_sci #science #research 🦇🧪🌍🌏🌎🧪🦇

A honey project supported by Chester Zoo has been certified Andean Bear Friendly(TM). Harvesting honey to protect bears? Winnie the Pooh would approve. www.chesterzoo.org/news/the-bea... 🌎🦇🐝

A month in the life of a conservationist! 🌍🧪🦇

She can see you... #Bheri #snowleopard #cub

Friday spotlight: Cactus conservation. We're collaborating on an action plan to protect highly threatened Copiapoa cacti in the Atacama desert. Find out more here: www.chesterzoo.org/news/a-plan-... 🌵 🌎

A fascinating study has been published about snow leopard hunting patterns. The data collected for "Snow leopard prey selection on the mountain-adapted ibex", by the Snow Leopard Trust (which we support), suggests snow leopards do not hunt like other cats. snowleopard.org/size-matters...

This is a very precious handful! Socorro doves are one of five #birds listed as extinct in the wild. The entire surviving population of roughly 200 birds are all in the care of avian experts.   Eight chicks hatched at Chester Zoo this summer. It's a big boost for this incredibly rare species! 🌎🦇🐦

#birdoftheday: owl The Estate Biodiversity Team are celebrating a barn owl bonanza! We have three confirmed breeding pairs over a 1.5km area, with 11 chicks ringed. Four were weighed, measured and ringed today (Friday) by Jimmi, a licensed ringer from Raptor Aid, so we can ID them in future. 🌍🧪🦇

Cat Barton, our Policy Lead, on how sustainable palm oil can help protect forests: sustainabilitymag.com/news/ferrero...

Our #birdoftheday is the puna ibis (Plegadis ridgwayi) - and some bonus flamingos. Much of its range covers the Andes. Look at those glossy feathers! 🪶 (Track by Onoychenko_music)

Meet the Wild Scouts education officers! Right now, Kanak, Dibyadeep and Sudeshna are visiting schools as part of our Terai Tiger project and Assam Haathi project. These fun and interactive sessions empower young people to engage with big cat 🐯 and elephant 🐘conservation. 🌏🦇

What do you call a Bluesky post? We're sticking with 'Tweet' for this one. It's apt. One of our scientists contributed to this paper, just out, which suggests that birds abbreviate their chatter - just like us! www.iflscience.com/all-human-la... 🧪🦇

"Just go for it!" Carnivores keeper Frazer reveals how an apprenticeship led to his dream #job. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... 🦇

Interested in becoming a conservationist? Here's some advice from Liz Webb, Conservation Training Academy Manager at Chester Zoo. #conservation #environment #ecosystem

A very short glimpse of the International Centre for Zoo Science lab. (Music by Zep Hurme/Snowflake - Creative Commons). 🧪

A duo of corpse flower blooms have captured global attention. Now conservation scientists are calling for the horticultural community to learn from this to save other threatened plants. 🌾🧪🌏 www.chesterzoo.org/news/what-co...

Action Indonesia Day 2025 is almost upon us! Find out what's taking place at Chester Zoo on Sunday August 10, when we will be highlighting the plight of endangered wild cattle and pigs. thechesterblog.com/2025/08/04/a...

You know when you've adder long day and just want to curl up and snooze? Vipera berus at Chester Zoo (melanistic and non-melanistic) #snake #herpetology #snuggle 🦇

Limited places available! Get started with small animal surveying with this two day course has been developed by specialists at Chester Zoo and RECORD. Monday 29 September, 9am-5pm. www.chesterzoo.org/events/uk-sm... #conservation #dormouse #fieldmouse #vole #shrew

Maybe don't watch this if you are enjoying an elevenses snack. 💩 youtu.be/-NYFYr2dJwI?... (But actually this is a serious science story 🧪)

Hear that? We are still banging the drum for #bioacoustics - the study of organic sound - and how zoos deserve more exploration. Our researchers evaluated 180+ studies to set out the current state of the field and suggest what should come next. www.technologynetworks.com/tn/articles/... 🧪🌍🦇

There are about 2,500 anoa left in the wild, making an insurance population of vital support to their survival. However, only 35 live in zoos in Europe. John O'Hanlon, a scientist at Chester Zoo, is working to change that. Find out how here: www.chesterstandard.co.uk/news/2535139... 🦇🧪🌏

‼️PhD opportunity with Manchester Metropolitan University & Chester Zoo: Understanding and mitigating the impact of the invasive Asian toad on Malagasy amphibian biodiversity. ‼️ Support the work of Madagascar Fauna and Flora Group in the field in Eastern Madagascar 🐸 www.tinyurl.com/madamphibians

So we’ve been keeping a small (very fluffy) secret… 👀 A truly historic moment for our conservation zoo ❤️ #snowleopard #fluffytail 🦇🌏

It's not just a cow! Action Indonesia day is coming up on August 10, and in the run up, we want to talk about banteng, babirusa and anoa (pictured). These wild cattle and pig species are at serious risk - but you can help. Read on to find out more: 🐃 www.chesterzoo.org/news/shining...