On Thursday this week, the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland announced the zoo would once again be home to cheetahs ...

Billy’s arrival follows the death of the zoo’s previous cheetah Cleo, who died just one month after arriving at the facility ...

Zoo penguins are being helped with rocks painted by children in hospital in a heartwarming programme. The rocks were coloured ...

The world’s fastest land animal is back at Edinburgh Zoo as the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS) welcomed four-year-old Billy ...

Haggis the pygmy hippo has been spotted exploring her habitat in an adorable new video. The pygmy hippo calf was born at ...

PENGUINS at Edinburgh Zoo have received colourful pebbles, painted especially by children at the Royal Hospital for Children ...

Visitors to Edinburgh Zoo can get a glimpse of Scotland's answer to Moo Deng as she becomes bolder, spending more time each ...

Edinburgh Zoo's latest additions are already showing just why they were brought to the capital. Two new female capybara pups arrived in the city earlier this week, and the adorable pair are ...

Three female lynx that were illegally released in the Cairngorms are looking for a new home after completing 30 days quarantine at Edinburgh Zoo. The wild cats were spotted in the national park in ...

Three lynx illegally released in the Cairngorms have been described as “doing well” after completing their 30-day quarantine at Edinburgh Zoo. The Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS ...

The surviving animals have temporarily been given the names A, B and C, which is how animals were named by the charity's founder, Thomas Gillespie , when Edinburgh Zoo first opened in 1913.

The zoo used to be home to another of the world’s fastest land animals, Cleo, who sadly passed away last year.