The Silifke castle, no matter how ancient, did not particularly attract me; I had seen several similar castles on the southern coast of Turkey in the previous days. So, while my fellow travellers started to climb the hill toward the ruins, I drank a can of lemonade at a kiosk, then walked to the road and started...

The former mill race at Prague Zoo has been emptied for some time and it is now being limed. The aim is to get it ready to be stocked with some native fish, primarily crucian carp. Nowadays, this seemingly ordinary, but in many respects extraordinary fish, is one of the critically endangered species in our country. The project,...

It looks as if it were wrapped in a black cloak lined with red silk. Added to which it has sharply cut features and a bald head. A real avian Dracula.

We received more than four thousand proposals through an online form, hundreds more in discussions on social networks and emails. And one name really caught our attention – Terry, in honour of the writer Terry Pratchett (1948–2015), the author of Discworld.

From one small video shot at the start of the spring closing, the Zoo Shorts project has rapidly developed into something that keeps the zoo open for its visitors, well at least virtually. Keepers took short videos on their phones capturing their wards and giving a behind the...

During 2020, I was taking photos of burned koalas in Victoria, Australia; our freshly born elephant baby; the orangutan baby; and photos of our zoo, closed due to COVID, from the ground as well as from the air, but for me this is the Photo of the Year. I know, it is not perfect. I took it by hand with a shutter speed of 1/40...

Statement from Prague Zoo’s director, Miroslav Bobek, on the birth of a baby Sumatran orangutan:

Our Scabbers was named by the keeper David Vala after the rat that plays an important role in the third Harry Potter book, the Prisoner of Azkaban. Scabbers in our zoo resembles a rat to a large extent and it gives a rather baldish impression. On top of that she is along with Potter’s Scabbers very, very old. It could be said...

Prague Zoo has gone through a series of ordeals and difficult periods. Even its bare existence was hanging in the balance. I think that it is worth looking back at what our predecessors were facing and how they braved past adversity. That’s why I also started looking for historical reports of hard times at Prague Zoo. And in...