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Rolling around, kicking and gurgling as it drinks its milk, Prague Zoo has welcomed one of the most eagerly awaited newborns of the year. The tiny wombat is safe in Winkleigh’s pouch, yet it is already a delight for visitors to Darwin’s Crater. These much-loved marsupials, famed for their cuteness and unique cube-shaped...

A five-year-old male Sumatran orangutan named Pustakawan, who was known as Kawi, unfortunately died at Prague Zoo this morning. The tragic event was caused by Kawi’s youthful recklessness and a game in which he underestimated his physical abilities. Half an hour before the zoo opened, he let go of the rope while swinging and...

Prague Zoo is celebrating a world first. Nowhere else has managed to rear 18 rhinoceros hornbill chicks in as many years. The record is all the more significant following the death of the female Markéta in 2022. It was her maternal instincts that enabled her to rear 17 chicks with two males. After her demise, it seemed...

Five critically endangered Bornean river turtles have hatched at Prague Zoo. Thanks to a new incubation technique, the keepers did not have to assist the hatchlings in breaking out of their eggs. These freshwater giants have an exceptionally hard shell and also exhibit pronounced intraspecific aggression. These are the two main...

A female Formosan pangolin Run Hou Tang died today shortly before noon. Her health problems began to be noticed by the zookeepers at the end of September. They were manifested mainly by a lack of appetite, i.e. a lack of interest in the food offered.

Four have inherited their mother’s yellow colouring, but one is green and pink from their father. The young of the venomous eyelash vipers can now be seen at Prague Zoo’s Feline and Reptile House. They are on display in what is literally a terrarium within a terrarium – in a mini-exhibition located inside the terrarium for...

On Saturday, October 11th, Prague Zoo ceremonially “baptised” two mountain bongo calves. Their godfather is the YouTuber Stejk. The names of the two males emphasise the threats these forest antelopes face. Critically endangered, the only place where bongos live in the wild is in Aberdare National Park in central Kenya. The...

Thanks to Prague Zoo’s “Bison in Prague” project, Europe's largest land mammals will once again roam free in Dolní Počernice. The herd of three female European bison will soon be joined by a bull, who is on his way from Finland. Together, they will both enlarge the species’ numbers, it almost became extinct! They will...

A baby mantled guereza was born at Prague Zoo. This is the first time the Dja Reserve has had a birth of these African monkeys. It is also Prague's first baby of this the rarer kikuyuensis subspecies, which the zoo has been keeping since the start of the year. In contrast to its black-and-white parents, the baby is snow-white,...