On September 28th, Prague Zoo celebrated its 93rd birthday and looked back at 65 years of managing the International Stud Book for the Przewalski’s Horse, which it has been doing since 1959. This event was opened in front of the Gobi exhibition, newly opened this year, by the ambassadors of Mongolia and Kazakhstan, the Mayor...

Prague Zoo’s visitors can now see tiger keelbacks that are rarely kept in zoos. These brightly coloured reptiles are fascinating, due to both their colour and because they are venomous and poisonous. Their venom is toxic, and is injected into their prey’s body, however, because they eat toads, they absorb other toxins, which...

Wild living wombats are threatened by scabies, which spread to Australia from Europe 200 years ago. It currently infects about 70 per cent of all wild common wombats. If not treated, scabies is fatal. This is why Prague Zoo has given financial support to the non-profit organisation Wombat Rescue, which rescues wombats around the...

Prague Zoo is the first Czech zoo to breed black and rufous elephant shrews. Also known as sengi, these small African mammals have a bizarre appearance. The two newborns are the result of several years of attempts to breed them. Although elephant shrews may at first glance resemble rodents or shrews, they are in the ancient...

The keepers have named the little female Nubian giraffe Johanka. Prague Zoo unveiled the name today at the viewpoint by the African House. Current and former female basketball players also wished the little giraffe all the best for her future. Johanka’s godmothers were Ilona Burgrová, Ivana Večeřová and Karolína Cahová.

Fossas have settled in at Prague Zoo’s Feline and Reptile House. In the wild these fascinating beasts can only be found in the African country of Madagascar. Prague Zoo’s visitors can now observe both a male and female of the largest carnivore on this tropical island. It is hoped they will form a breeding pair in the future.

Two female bison from Prague Zoo, two-year-old Prya and six-year-old Omana, are awaiting transport to Azerbaijan. They will bolster the wild-living population of these ungulates reintroduced in Shahdag National Park. The two females left Prague Zoo on 25 July and headed to Germany's Tierpark Berlin. Here they will first meet the...

A great ape hat trick – that is one way to describe the most outstanding trio of young to be born at Prague Zoo this year. Both the baby gorillas and the orangutan are doing very well and are coming out to see the visitors more and more. Mobi likes to play on the ropes and is now swinging upside down, while his younger sister...

The baby Chinese pangolin, born on July 1st in Prague Zoo, was named Connie. The name was chosen by the public from a list of names on the Internet. The name is based on the English word cone. The godfather was Lukáš Dědek, director of Bidfood, a company that is a long-term supporter of protecting endangered species and works...