4+ hour, 31+ min ago  (370+ words) A KEEPER who spent 45 years at Edinburgh Zoo has backed a public appeal to mark the attraction's 110th anniversary. Karen Stiven, who joined the RZSS in 1981 and recently retired as an Experienced Keeper, is one of the zoo's longest-serving staff members....

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (294+ words) EDINBURGH Zoo is celebrating 110 years of its archives with Memories Week. The exhibition hopes to "take the visitors through the Zoo's remarkable past, and acknowledge the development and change in animal care over the Zoo's history. David Field, CEO of…...

2+ week, 10+ hour ago  (342+ words) THE count of male capercaillies in the Cairngorms National Park has risen by 30% from last year. These numbers mark a significant milestone for the Capercaillie Emergency Plan. These sustained conservation efforts, led by Cairngorms National Park Authority and Nature Scot…...

2+ week, 12+ hour ago  (167+ words) THE Royal Zoological Society of Scotland's (RZSS) Edinburgh Zoo has welcomed Sialang, a critically endangered Sumatran tiger. Sialang is there as part of a European breeding programme to help save one of the world's rarest tiger subspecies. Dharma is a…...

1+ mon, 6+ hour ago  (708+ words) Two new nature reserves might be created in Edinburgh, and a third expanded by The City of Edinburgh Council. Under new plans, Wester Craiglockhart Hill and Little France would be designated as Local Nature Reserves, while the existing nature reserve…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (284+ words) Three chicks have hatched at the zoo since Wednesday 29 April, each weighing a tiny 98g at birth " roughly the same as a bar of soap. The wildlife conservation charity's keepers say that they are expecting to welcome more youngsters to the…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (635+ words) A SCOTTISH osprey that became famous in lockdown has reappeared at its nest for a tenth consecutive year " after being presumed dead. Male osprey Louis has been an annual fixture on the nest at Woodland Trust Scotland's Loch Arkaig Pine…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (178+ words) The pine hoverfly is one of Britain's rarest insects and is'critically'endangered in Scotland. It'depends on'complex woodland habitats which were once widespread in the UK but are now'restricted to a few sites within the'Cairngorms." The team braved high winds and hail…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (269+ words) A NEW study from the University of Aberdeen has revealed that artificial intelligence may be shaping the future of rewilding in ways that create an idealised version of what restored nature can look like. For the study, which is published…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago  (524+ words) EDINBURGH Zoo has welcomed three female king penguins to its colony for the first time in over a decade. Constance, Maude and Alma arrived from Rotterdam Zoo in the Netherlands in early January, and join a thriving colony of four…...