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A new mom brought her baby to Colchester Zoo, where mother chimpanzee Kora came over to the glass with her own newborn. The ...

Colchester Zoo's three orangutans were unharmed when high winds damaged the roof of their enclosure The orangutan enclosure at Colchester Zoo had to be closed after its roof was damaged in high winds.

Thousands of runners took part in the Colchester Zoo Stampede 10k and Half Marathon, raising more than £17,000 for Mid and ...

Frank and Helena Farrar opened the zoo on what was a 25-acre plot in 1963 The owner of Colchester Zoo has vowed to maintain the attraction as a conservation project and not as a "theme park". Speaking ...

The most recent arrival was on Friday, June 13, when Colchester Zoo's female golden lion tamarin, Freia, gave birth to a single offspring. Also, this year they have welcomed two Amur leopards, two ...

A habitat at a beloved zoo has reopened after undergoing improvements. Colchester Zoo’s in-house maintenance team has been improving the indoor areas of its Kingdom of the Wild habitat, with ...

A family of golden lion tamarins have welcomed the new arrival of a single offspring on April 29. Marks the first arrival of ...

A commercial zoo has announced plans to become a charitable trust and rebuild much of its site. Managers at Colchester Zoo in Essex said it would be known as Colchester Zoological Society as of ...

MULTI-MILLION-POUND plans for a new state-of-the art lion enclosure at Colchester Zoo have been given the green light. The zoo, in Maldon Road, first announced plans for a new lion habitat in July ...

A ZEBRA has died following an incident with a rhino at one of Colchester Zoo's habitats. Bosses at the venue say the incident happened in the mixed species African habitat at about 2pm today.

A zoo has announced the death of a much loved pygmy hippo who has died aged 34. Freddy the pygmy hippo had lived at Colchester Zoo in Essex since 2002 and before that lived at Givskud Zoo in Denmark.