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“The Last White Rhino in the World. We are sorry.” Or: “Last in the world: he has his own bodyguards.”

We are hosting 654 species of mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians and fish today. But there are also many animals which live in the Zoo free - and I am really curious how long their list could be! No doubt it is very long. And what if we include even the insects and other invertebrates!

Striped and cute – that’s the new born baby of South American Tapir in Prague Zoo. The tapir was born on Tuesday May 19 to a fifteen-year-old female Ivana and a twelve-year-old male Tex.

I don´t know if ever any zoological garden participated at the World´s Fair, but for Prague Zoo, the just opened Expo 2015 in Milan means a historic premiere.

This Friday, April 24th, marks the 150th anniversary of the birth of Prof. Jiří Janda

In these days Prague Zoo visitors can be witnessing stormy courtship of extremely rare Grand Cayman Blue Iguanas. Visitors can watch them on their own eyes in the terrarium in the House of Big Cats and Reptiles.

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Continued exploration with metal detectors close to the Sklenářka farmstead has, among other finds, turned up a copper counter coin dating to the year 1599 during the reign of Emperor Rudolf II (1552-1612). We will never know how it got there – it was probably due to some incredible coincidence – but in my mind, it...

For many animals, speed is a fundamental asset. It is speed that secures their survival. It allows them to succeed as predators, or to escape their own predators. The cheetah’s speed is indeed fascinating, as is the adaptation that enables it to execute its feats of strength and agility.