Choppers starred in the 1970s PG Tips adverts after being rescued from poachers in Sierra Leone at just six weeks old.

The Edinburgh-based specialist in charge ... to take care with the reintroduction to Fluff and Scruff," said head of zoo operations Mark Habben. Image: Pic: PA "This will involve boisterous ...

It is easy to see why many of the 16 million annual visitors spend the whole day here, feeding off the sense of history ... Known as 'defender of the nation', Edinburgh Castle was a key character in ...

Twycross Zoo and the University of Edinburgh. The research is part of the Animal Feeding project funded by Wellcome, and comes as the NMS prepares to welcome the return of the biggest exhibition ...

Edinburgh Zoo has welcomed a new cheetah. On Thursday, the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland revealed that the zoo is once again home to the world’s fastest land animal. Four-year-old Billy ...

But that not to say patrons will no longer have that hands-on interaction with the animals, zoo officials say. “We will still be allowing our guests to actually feed the animals, but it will be ...

New footage has been shared of a pygmy hippo at Edinburgh Zoo that has become a viral sensation. Haggis is a hippo calf that was born at the zoo in the Scottish capital last autumn. Since then ...

The world’s fastest land animal is back at Edinburgh Zoo as the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS) welcomed four-year-old Billy the cheetah from Whipsnade Zoo. Visitors will be able to ...

The former home of the giant pandas which previously lived at Edinburgh ... amazing animals and what we can all do to help protect them in the wild. “Within the new area here at the zoo, there ...