Zoo visitors in organisations across the world can contribute to this. Keep an eye out for if your local zoo is participating...

Celebrating #nationalzooloversday by hanging out with the Barbary macaques @monkeyforest.bsky.social in the sunshine.

As someone who found the process of attending my first conference a little bit mystifying, I thought I’d create a guide to walk you through the whole thing and share some of the tips and tricks I’ve picked up. Who knew finding a decent poster tube could be so difficult?

#blog #phdstudent #academia

The Artemis II crew is now beginning their journey home. Human's fascination with the moon has long woven its way into many aspects of our society, from religions, to art, and even pushing ourselves 252,756 miles away from our own planet to view the dark side of the moon.

(PDF) New distribution records of eighteen mammalian species (Artiodactyla, Cervidae, Tayassuidae; Carnivora, Canidae, Felidae, Procyonidae, Ursidae; Cingulata, Dasypodidae; Didelphimorphia, Didelphid... PDF | We report new distribution records for 18 mammal species in Tarija, Bolivia. Tremarctos ornatus (Cuvier, 1825), Puma concolor (Linnaeus, 1771),... | Find, read and cite all the research you need...

🐻 Let's talk bear facts!

⛰️ Chester Zoo and Museo de Historia Natural (Bolivia) researchers recently published updated distribution data on species in the crucial inter-Andean dry forest region

🦊 Their evaluation included Andean bears, pumas, foxes and much more

📝 tinyurl.com/bolivianmamm...

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Happy Easter! No better way to spend it than a visit to #TwycrossZoo.

A wonderful visit to @dudleyzoo.bsky.social today -getting to see Pascal the burrowing owl in the birds of prey display was a particular highlight.

I visited #LondonZoo for the first time yesterday. Unsurprisingly The Secret Life of Amphibians and Reptiles was a real highlight (and yes that was mostly because I got to see a Chinese giant salamander for the first time, and yes, I have fallen in love).
@zslofficial.bsky.social

I had the incredible opportunity to attend #Anthropy26 at the Eden Project - a three-day conference bringing together leaders and organisations to shape the future of the UK. Growing-up watching Deadly 60, getting to meet Steve Backshall was certainly a highlight. @anthropyuk.bsky.social

I had a brilliant time presenting my first-ever poster on the first experiment of my PhD at #ASABSpring2026. It was such a friendly and welcoming atmosphere and it was a pleasure meeting so many like-minded students all working on exciting projects in animal behaviour.

Thank you to @chesterzoosci.bsky.social and @biaza.bsky.social for the chance to present my research on visitor effects on wild dogs at today’s BIAZA Research Conference. This was my first ever conference, and my first time presenting, so I really appreciated the friendly supportive atmosphere

What a wonderful weekend at Lyme Regis Fossil Festival!

Had a wonderful first time at #lymeregis #fossilfestival. It had everything you could possibly want - interesting talks, book signings, palaeoart workshops, stalls full of merch, stunning weather, fossil hunting, good company, and best of all, a seal. I’ll be sure to return next year!

Please don’t be put off if you feel like you don’t have pages of experience or expertise, there’s plenty of chance to learn. What we’re interested in seeing is your passion and enthusiasm.

Join me on the Chester Zoo Youth Board! Applications close Sunday 8th June.

If you’re aged 18-26 and passionate about youth voice and conservation then apply today. I joined in November and I’ve already had the chance to get involved in so many opportunities

#youthvoice #conservation #chesterzoo

It was lovely getting to see the painted dogs again at Chester Zoo with @eleanorpinkney.bsky.social now that they’re back on display in the Heart of Africa area.

#wilddogwednesday

Happy #WorldDinosaurDay

Happy #InternationalMuseumDay

It may not be #wilddogwednesday, but I’m still very excited to see that they’re finally arriving @dudleyzoo.bsky.social. I’ll have to head over there again soon (and hopefully it will be 3rd time lucky trying to see wolverine kits).

As a very late entry for #invertefest - a contest between two beadlet anemones filmed as part of the Uob Biosciences’ Adaptations to Aquatic Environments field course @fieldstudiesc.bsky.social’s Dale Fort in Pembrokeshire

Happy Easter - please enjoy this selection of reptile photos from some recent visits to Dudley Zoo (the link with Easter was meant to be that they lay eggs, but it turns out that prehensile tailed skinks are viviparous)

For this #wilddogwednesday we have the pack at West Midlands Safari Park enjoying some enrichment.

Happy (somewhat late) #wilddogwednesday!

First evidence of narwhal play

They have been recorded for the first time using their tusks to stun their prey, as well as to manipulate them for no other purpose than play.

(paper) www.frontiersin.org/journals/mar...
(blog) studyfinds.org/video-narwha...
(videos) figshare.com/s/b6171dd102...

I need to take more photos for #wilddogwednesday, but the fact that they keep coming out blurry isn’t helping!

A few of my own photos from a very enjoyable trip to West Midlands Safari Park. It was a nice change getting to be a visitor rather than being there for data collection.

Looking for photos for #WildDogWednesday I came across some I took at West Midlands Safari Park back in 2020. Even though they’re not great photos, I was excited to see the distinctive markings that I now use to identify these individuals for my data collection.

Happy #worldwildlifeday. To quote Sir David Attenborough, “The natural world is the greatest source of excitement, the greatest source of visual beauty, the greatest source of intellectual interest”. I hope today you get to go out and experience the magic of nature and, in return, act to protect it.

Happy #wilddogwednesday