On Friday June 16 Newquay Zoo threw open the doors after hours to welcome children with life-threatening conditions, along with their families, for a magical Dream Night at the Zoo event. Dream Night at the Zoo is a global initiative…
Newquay Zoo’s resident red panda, Seren, has a new friend in the shape of 11-month-old red panda Sundara. While red pandas are shy by nature, the two females have already been spotted together, high up in the trees of their…
Newquay Zoo is giving people an exciting opportunity to wake up with the zoo and enjoy a delicious breakfast with the lemurs, along with the chance to explore the zoo before it opens to the general public. The Wake Up…
Newquay Zoo in Cornwall has welcomed the arrival of two Visayan warty piglets – possibly the rarest species of pig in the world. Mother, May, gave birth to the piglets on Sunday April 16, and was proudly showing them off…
Three major Newquay-based organisations – University Centre Newquay, co-working hub CSpace, and clothing and footwear company Celtic & Co. – have all been named Sustainable Palm Oil Champions, as part of a campaign to turn Newquay into a Sustainable Palm…
Staff at Newquay Zoo have released the first images of their adorable baby fishing cat, a shy and elusive animal that is classed as vulnerable in the wild. The fishing cat was actually born back at the start of February,…
This morning, Saturday 1 April, keepers at Newquay Zoo were delighted to reveal a new species of snake to the world. Dubbed a miracle by the scientific community, the snake has two heads, which function independently of each other, but…
Visitors to Newquay Zoo are being invited to help create eggs-traordinary artwork this Easter designed to celebrate our planet and show our commitment to protect it. The artwork will include pledges, made by our visitors, to make small lifestyle changes…
This month, keepers at Newquay Zoo were delighted by the birth of a baby white-throated capuchin monkey. The infant was born overnight between Monday 6 March and Tuesday 7 March. Newquay Zoo is home to a family of capuchins: mum…
Newquay Zoo has just become home to a Critically Endangered big-headed turtle, which not only has a very large head in comparison to its body, but a striking neon stripe that runs around its shell. Once it reaches maturity, the…
