Frank and Helena Farrar opened the zoo on what was a 25-acre plot in 1963 The owner of Colchester Zoo has vowed to maintain the attraction as a conservation project and not as a "theme park". Speaking ...

Visitors to Colchester Zoo are being warned that parts of the site will be closed until next month. Bosses at the north Essex zoo have announced its Bears of the Rising Sun lower viewing section has ...

A commercial zoo has announced plans to become a charitable trust and rebuild much of its site. Managers at Colchester Zoo in Essex said it would be known as Colchester Zoological Society as of ...

Colchester Zoological Society (CZS) has opened a brand new home for the critically endangered capuchin at the zoo. In 2024, CZS started the renovation of one of the oldest habitats within the zoo, ...

The owner of Colchester Zoo has vowed to maintain the attraction as a conservation project and not as a "theme park". Speaking on the Essex zoo's 60th anniversary, Dr Dominique Tropeano also said he ...