What can historic encounters with whales in the capital tell us about the present-day status of this group of marine mammals? January 2026 marked the 20th anniversary of the Thames whale stranding, ...

ZSL's Prince Philip Zoological Library and Archives contains a unique collection of resources on zoology and animal conservation. We welcome visitors by appointment only. ZSL Library and Archives are ...

This year, we celebrate an extraordinary milestone: 200 years of ZSL. That’s two centuries of pioneering science, global conservation, and inspiring connections between people and wildlife. This hub ...

Scimitar horned oryx downlisted to endangered by IUCN – marks first species in global Extinct in the Wild initiative to be downlisted An antelope whose species was declared Extinct in the Wild has ...

Oyster "cubes" have been deployed off the North East coast of England, in a bid to restore the near-extinct native species to UK waters. In a UK-first, marine conservationists from ZSL & Groundwork ...

One of the world's most famous waterways is about to get a huge transformation - as part of a multi-million dollar project. Coastal habitats along the Greater Thames Estuary, the life source of ...

One of the leading news magazines in the US, an appearance on the cover of TIME magazine has long been recognised as an indicator of notoriety. To mark the announcement of TIME’s Top 100 Photographs ...

Zookeepers have returned more than 5,000 Extinct-in-the-Wild and Critically Endangered tropical snails. Thousands of Partula snails reared at London Zoo and Whipsnade Zoo, the Royal Zoological Society ...

We've recorded the first sighting of a pine marten in London over the last century. A Critically Endangered pine marten was photographed in a south-west London woodland, on one of our hidden wildlife ...

From the floors in our homes to the furniture we use every day, timber is a material we find in everything we use. But behind every wooden product is a forest, and knowing exactly where that timber ...

Confusing the well-known, domestic Bactrian camel with its wild and rare counterpart, can have a detrimental effect on the wild camel’s chances of survival, new research has shown. With less than 950 ...

These findings, from the latest Living Planet Index by our Institute of Zoology – the most comprehensive measure of vertebrate population trends across the globe. The Living Planet Index informs WWF’s ...