Chester Zoo has unveiled its newest zone centred around African species, becoming the largest zoo habitat ever created in the ...

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Chester Zoo will open the largest zoo habitat ever built in the UK next week, a 22.5-acre development named Heart of Africa, ...

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It's one of the largest zoo projects ever undertaken in the UK - see our gallery of photos from the new Heart of Africa ...

Dr Gerardo Garcia, head of ectotherms at Chester Zoo, said the “ambitious” project ties in with the work being done across the African continent to safeguard habitats, combat poaching and the ...

It's billed as a "breathtaking sight" where visitors, for the very first time, will get to see giraffes, zebra, antelopes and ...

The project, aptly named ... Right now, researchers at Oxford and the Chester Zoo are focused on the Asian elephant and Rothschild’s giraffe, although Professor Williams says more endangered ...

Chester Zoo chiefs and conservationists also hope it ... Explaining the work that has gone into the project, Christon added: “To bring this vision to life, our expert teams have planted over ...

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