CHESTER Zoo has recorded a mysterious bird call that could hold the key to protecting a rare species. The low-frequency vocalisation comes from the cassowary, a large, flightless bird native to ...

Penguin pair Wotsit and Peach laid two of the eggs that hatched this year, according to the zoo. Experts at the zoo shared ...

A gay penguin couple have stepped in to hatch and raise a baby chick after it was born at Chester Zoo. Males Scampi and ...

Ten rare Humboldt penguin chicks hatch at Chester Zoo and are named after constellations and celestial wonders.

Wild populations of the rare Maccoa duck, an African wetland species, have been dwindling for decades. There numbers are ...

The highly threatened ducks have been hatched at the zoo for the first time as part of a specialist breeding program.

Andrew Owen, head of birds at Chester Zoo, said: "As one of just seven zoos in Europe, and 12 zoos globally, that care for Maccoa ducks, these ducklings are very special as they’re the first of ...

Four rare African maccoa ducklings hatched at England’s Chester Zoo for the very first time. The newly hatched ducklings emerged in the zoo’s new “Heart of Africa” zone, which provides 22. ...