Have you noticed Alfie, Bow, Kongo, Nils & Yoepie looking a little scruffy recently?

Our king penguins are currently in the process of their annual 'catastrophic moult'. Unlike most other seabirds, penguins lose and replace all their feathers at once over a four week period 🐧

In the Budongo Research Unit, University of St Andrews researchers explore chimpanzee cognition and behaviour - and sometimes our keeper team offer a helping hand 🙋‍♂️

Does a chimpanzee pass objects like you and me? A recently published study tells us more 👉 bit.ly/BudongoResearc…

Get to grips with genetics and decode DNA at our brainy brunch!

This weekend, join us for a special Edinburgh Science event and discover some of the ways science is helping to save wildlife around the world 🧬

Book now 👉 bit.ly/EZBrainyBrunch…

So many endangered animals are vanishing in the wild. Can you help them? 💚

Give from £1 a week to £1 a day and join a growing group of caring people like you, committed to saving animals in danger.

Become a Conservation Champion 📷 bit.ly/3TzBjMQ

Plotting... scheming, even 😈🦦

You've heard of snakes on a plane... but what about a koala on a plane? 🐨✈️

Queensland koala Inala recently moved to another zoo as part of the breeding programme. Our keepers kept her company on the flight and she is settling in well at her new home 💛

If you've ever been to one of our Animal Antics displays then you might be familiar with Fergus, our adorable Asian palm civet 💛

In celebration of The Civet Project's #WorldCivetDay , find out more about him from keeper Natalie.

Malayan sun bears, like Babu, have the longest tongues of any bear species!

At 10 inches long, their tongue is SUPER handy for reaching into hives for honey and inside trees for tasty bugs and grubs 🍯

Happy 90th birthday, Dr Jane Goodall 💚

Dr. Jane Goodall & the Jane Goodall Institute's compassion, commitment and dedication to conservation over her lifetime has been an inspiration to many.

In 2014, Jane visited Edinburgh Zoo's Budongo Trail to learn more about our chimps 📽️youtube.com/watch?v=8kTdFc…

We're sad to share the loss of Ali, our male binturong. At 24-years-old, he was the oldest binturong in Europe and a much loved character at the zoo 💛

With Ali's passing this means we currently no longer have binturong here at the zoo and hope to welcome more in the future.

Have you been to our Animal Antics arena?

Meet our expert keepers and watch some of our animals showcase their remarkable natural behaviours and WILD adaptations! Displays today (Monday 1 April) at 12pm and 3pm 🦉

Book your zoo tickets online and save 🎟️ bit.ly/3uP0AcB

Did you know our sloths LOVE eating flowers? 🌸🦥

Some of Fe’s favourites include camellias, forsythia and silver wattle, all of which are grown on-site by our expert gardens team!

Visit Scotland’s only sloths this Easter. Book online and save 🎟️ bit.ly/3uP0AcB

When the realisation hits that you ate all the eggs before Easter Sunday... again 🤦

Don't panic! You can enjoy a different kind of treat this Easter weekend with a trip to the zoo 🐣

Book now and save online 👉 bit.ly/3uP0AcB

Sure, Easter eggs are fun, but have you ever seen a penguin egg? 👀

Visit us this Easter weekend and see if you can spot the first eggs that our gentoo and Northern rockhopper penguins have laid 🥚

Book online and save 👉 bit.ly/3uP0AcB

Peppa and George are coming to the zoo!

Join us on Saturday 25 May for meet and greets and story time sessions with characters from the much loved children's TV show 'Peppa Pig' 🐷

Find out more 👉 bit.ly/PeppaAndGeorge…

Help the animals you love by joining RZSS as a member & enjoy perks like...

🎟️ UNLIMITED free entry to Edinburgh Zoo & Highland Wildlife Park
🐯 FREE entry into 12 other zoos in the UK & Europe
🤩 EXCLUSIVE updates in our members magazine

Join today 👉 rzss.org.uk/support-us/rzs…

Celebrating some of our tiny amphibians this #WorldFrogDay 🐸

Blue poison dart frogs are found in just a few isolated areas of rainforest in Suriname and Brazil. Each frog has a unique pattern of spots and they are poor swimmers due to the lack of webbing between their toes!

Meet our beautiful new arrivals!

Female bantengs Kiley and Kartika have recently joined us from Chester Zoo and are settling in well with our male, Struan. You can now spot them all exploring together in their enclosure next to our Southern pudus and Azara's agoutis 💛

NILS NEEDS YOU 🫵

Vote for Sir Nils Olav in Penguins International's March of the Penguin Madness! With a knighthood, a Guinness World Records and a military rank under his flipper, we think it's only right he be crowned the world's favourite penguin too 🐧

Cast your vote now ➡️ penguinsinternational.org/motpm-voting/

When you forget your recorder in primary school and they make you play a random object 🪈