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Ganbaatar waved at me insistently and showed me the direction I should take. I quickly set off up the rocky slope and then I saw him. From behalf the horizon, just a few dozen metres from me, a beautiful stallion of Przewalski’s horse silently emerged. He stood facing me, watched me intently, shortly ran towards me and only...

Prague Zoo’s Przewalski's horse breeding programme is experiencing an unprecedented baby boom. Today, the third foal of April was born at Dívčí hrady in Prague. Another foal also came into the world today at the breeding and acclimatization station for Przewalski's horses in Dolní Dobřejov. Besides this, people can see a...

After the outbreak of the Prague Uprising some zoo employees left to defend the Troja Bridge. It is said that they retrieved weapons from hiding places on the premises of Prague Zoo, but we have no evidence of this, or I don’t know about any. But with one exception.

For the first time in the zoo’s history, Prague Zoo’s visitors can see Chacoan peccary triplets. By the seventies it was thought that, due to deforestation, they had become extinct. In fact only prehistoric specimens could be seen. Today, there are just a few thousand of them surviving in their South American homeland. Which...

Crocodile monitors (Varanus salvadorii) can now be seen at Prague Zoo. The young pair, named Salva and Dorian, have made their home in the Giant Tortoise Pavilion, which until recently was inhabited by adolescent Komodo dragons. This means that after 17 years the giant terrarium has returned to its original purpose and has been...

Today, Prague Zoo officially opened its 94th season. To mark the event, Prague Zoo’s director, Miroslav Bobek, the Mayor of Prague, Bohuslav Svoboda, and his deputy, Jana Komrsková, symbolically tapped the foundation stone of the Arctic exhibit. The plaque, with a motif of a polar bear by world-famous illustrator Petr Sís,...

For a very long time I wished to get Lord Howe Island stick insect (Dryococelus australis) from Australia to Prague Zoo. Not only is it probably the most massive species of flightless insect, but the story of its alleged extinction, rediscovery and rescue is extraordinary. And after years, my wish has finally come true!

The “cornerstone” of the Artic Exhibit, which we will tap next Saturday at Prague Zoo, will be very unconventional. We will place an ice cube measuring 1 x 1 x 1 meter on a stone base and a thousand pieces of small souvenirs will be frozen in it. As soon as the ice gradually begins to thaw, visitors will be able to take them away.

We kept a lid on it for a long time, but we are not going to keep this excellent news secret any longer. We have another unique chick! They are amazing—no ugly ducklings, quite the opposite. And extremely rare, on top of it. The first in Europe. What’s more, the first in the world, except Brazil. Yes, we are raising five...