Among the changes introduced are larger habitat enclosures for elephants, better training for staff to handle exotic animals ...

Animal dung could be used to save endangered species, scientists believe. A new trial by the University of Oxford and Chester ...

Zoos will be legally required to give animals more enclosure space as "long overdue" animal welfare reforms come into force.

New zoo standards announced by the UK government are far from transformative for the animals suffering in zoo captivity.

A Chester Zoo elephant is set to move from the zoo after 12 years. Asian elephant Aung Bo is moving on to Dublin Zoo after arriving in Chester from Seville in 2012, the zoo announced on Wednesday ...

Chester Zoo has confirmed the death of an elephant whose mother died just a month before. The four-year-old female Asian elephant, named Riva, died while under general anaesthetic on Wednesday ...