Wild news
Whether it’s new arrivals of baby animals, reports on our involvement in species conservation, or new developments in our construction projects - here you will find all the latest news from our Zoo.
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Vicuñas welcome a new arrival
Animal news | 26 July 2025On Thursday 17 July, female vicuña Alegra gave birth to a healthy cria (baby vicuña). The baby was born during the day in the outdoor ...
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Sad loss of red panda Aki
Animal news | 24 July 2025On the morning of 16 July, our red panda Aki was found weak and almost motionless on the floor of his enclosure. An examination revealed no ...
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Binturong cub Holly passes away
Animal news | 15 July 2025Unfortunately we have very sad news about the loss of our young binturong, Holly. At the end of June, Helga and Holly contracted a viral ...
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Say hi to our new baby mandrill
Animal news | 7 July 2025In the early hours of 30 June, our female mandrill Ikela gave birth to her eighth infant, giving our keeper quite the surprise when she started ...
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first baby flamingo has hatched
Animal news | 23 June 2025Our first baby flamingo has hatched and many more chicks could soon follow. This spring the red flamingos were once again busy building ...
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Aki, the Red Panda
Animal news | 24 April 2025Red panda Aki returned to Dresden Zoo in early April. Before the 10-year-old male arrived from Poznań Zoo, we renovated all the ...
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New residents at the orangutan house
Animal news | 16 April 2025Meet Apollo, Latura and Felipe, the latest additions to our orangutan house. They are a family of spectacled langurs from the Grasleben ...
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Mourning for snow leopard Askin
Animal news | 7 March 2025On 28 February 2025, our male snow leopard Askin was put to sleep at the venerable age of almost 18. He had been showing several signs of ageing ...
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The orangutans have offspring
Animal news | 4 March 2025Visitors to the orangutan house may have caught a glimpse of a tiny new arrival in the large enclosure last Sunday: female orangutan Daisy has ...
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World Wildlife Day
Species protection | 3 March 2025Today is World Wildlife Day! Alongside climate change, the biodiversity crisis is one of the greatest challenges of our time, with ...
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Construction projects
We are constantly striving to improve the living environments of our animals based on the latest ...
Construction projects
Events
There is always something going on at our Zoo. From talks to animal campaign days, from species ...
Events
Hangouts & Feeding times
At our animal keeper hangouts, you have the opportunity to get to know our animal keepers and their ...
Hangouts & Feeding times