🗣️'We don’t have enough land to do everything we need to do. We certainly don’t have enough land if we’re not smart and data driven.'

Matthew Gould opens the #LandUseSummit , adding that a big issue with land use is siloed planning from different departments.

ZSL Science

Good morning from BBC World Service. On Weekend, talking about the work of ZSL to protect nature in the West Congo Basin

Spent a happy morning with our rockhopper penguins Whipsnade Zoo

Their numbers in the wild are falling, as #climate change and warmer oceans affects them. ZSL will help ensure they don’t go extinct, but we need to tackle the root causes of their decline.

This is a huge loss. I will miss his angry (and valid) incredulity at all our stupidity, including mine.

Thank you Sarah Fowler - it was fabulous to see nature take over so brilliantly at WWT Steart Marshes.

Was also really impressed to hear about the work of WWT. ZSL is happy to be working with you on our common mission to protect and restore nature

Baby meerkats and rhino Whipsnade Zoo.

Whipsnade was set up in 1826 to be an ‘open zoo’ in the countryside, & a place where animals would breed successfully

🦏 Please welcome our latest arrival! Born after a quick 4-minute labour, this baby boy brings hope. With just 10,000 adult southern white rhinos left, every birth is vital: ow.ly/uCmY50QUmJ8 #WhipsnadeZoo #Conservation

Two of our beautiful critically endangered Sumatran tigers London Zoo

With around 300 left in the wild, ZSL is working with partners to ensure a viable captive population, so the species doesn’t go extinct

Here’s one of our critically endangered gorilla babies London Zoo

If you haven’t been to see them yet, come and visit. They are both a ray of hope for the species, and impossibly sweet

Corals are animals that are most closely related to jellyfish, can get their energy both from photosynthesis and by catching tiny prey called zooplankton.

Find out how we feed our corals 👇

The history of Darwin at the Zoo 🐢

Find out how Charles Darwin’s time as ZSL fellow helped develop his scientific work 👇

ZSL is hosting a Summit to discuss how to prioritise land use amidst a triple planetary crisis.

Join NGOs, Government, landowners and policymakers on 16 April as we identify how to balance multiple agendas and demands on our land: bit.ly/3HIgsQD

Just our house chicken grooming Sophie the Labrador, with Succession playing in the background.

We want to make the ZSL Council more diverse. If you want to be part of this, come and join it as an observer.

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2nd baby gorilla London Zoo

These critically endangered western lowland gorillas (scientific name - gorilla gorilla gorilla) are part of a global breeding programme to ensure they never go extinct

ZSL is working in West Congo Basin to protect their natural habitat

2nd baby gorilla London Zoo

These critically endangered western lowland gorillas (scientific name - gorilla gorilla gorilla) are part of a global breeding programme to ensure they never go extinct

ZSL is working in West Congo Basin to protect their natural habitat

ANOTHER ONE 🦍🦍

We’re thrilled to welcome a second baby gorilla to our troop, as Effie has given birth just 3 and half weeks after Mjukuu had her baby.

Spent today with Derek Gow seeing his amazing work to restore Britain’s lost animals.
ZSL is committed to helping British nature recover.

👇 Here’s my article in today’s The Standard on our baby 🦍 at London Zoo, and how it’s part of ZSL’s conservation work

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Critically Endangered Western Lowland Gorilla born yesterday London Zoo

An important step in ensuring the species doesn’t go extinct. A powerful link to our conservation programme in the West Congo Basin. And impossibly cute.