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 Animals

This is where you’ll discover fun (and furry!) animal facts about our planet’s incredible wildlife. From majestic mammals and soaring birds to super sea creatures and curious creepy crawlies – it’s an animal lover’s dream!

Discover rare and unusual species, brilliant bears, fierce felines, awesome reptiles and incredible marine life, just to name a few.

Learn animal facts about habitat, behaviour, speed and appetite (beware, the great white shark!) and most importantly, discover the threats that many of these amazing animals face today.

Ready for an adventure, gang? Click about to get started!

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General Animals

10 terrific tiger facts!

Check out these seriously-fierce feline facts!
Insects

10 facts about honey bees!

Find out all about our brilliant bees!
Sea Life

10 facts about great white sharks!

Learn all about the great white shark!
  • QUIZ

    What is the largest species of bird?
Sea Life

How YOU can help save our marine wildlife!

Will YOU help protect our endangered marine wildlife?
Sea Life

Killer whale facts!

We get the lowdown on these magnificent marine mammals…

Did you know?

Elephant calves suck on their trunks just as human babies suck on their thumbs.

Sea Life

Seahorse facts!

Grab your snorkels and join us as we get up close to these colourful critters…
General Animals

Female wildlife rangers!

Meet the extraordinary women changing the face of conservation…
Sea Life

Green sea turtle facts!

Learn about these seriously super swimmers…
Sea Life

10 blue whale facts

Discover these gentle giants of the sea!
General Animals

10 giraffe facts!

Discover ten fascinating facts about giraffes!
Insects

Dung beetle facts!

Roll away with our fab facts about this bonkers bug!
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General Animals

Enter Chester Zoo’s Poster Competition now!

Chester Zoo’s awesome Snow Leopard poster competition closes 10th Feb! Don’t forget to enter…
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General Animals

ENTER THE YOUNG WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR COMPETITION!

Love taking photos? Enjoy getting outdoors and seeing wildlife up close? Look no further…
Sea Life

Ernie the overweight turtle goes to bootcamp!

SEA LIFE Manchester’s resident sea turtle, Ernie, is on a health kick!
General Animals

Eurasian Lynx Facts!

Find out ten fast facts about the Eurasian Lynx!
General Animals

Experience life as an animal with virtual-reality headsets!

Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee…be transported into the minds of animals
General Animals

Extinct Animals…

Meet some very special species whose existence came to a tragic end…
General Animals

Female wildlife rangers!

Meet the extraordinary women changing the face of conservation…
Prehistoric Animals

Fossil hunting: a quick guide

We go fossil hunting on the Isle of Wight!
Birds

Get to know garden birds

Which of these feathered friends visits YOUR garden?
Sea Life

Green sea turtle facts!

Learn about these seriously super swimmers…
General Animals

Hedgehog Facts!

Get the lowdown on one of our planet’s cutest critters with our fascinating hedgehog facts!
Sea Life

How YOU can help save our marine wildlife!

Will YOU help protect our endangered marine wildlife?
Sea Life

Humpback Whale Facts!

Get the lowdown on these marine marvels…
General Animals

Jaguar facts

They’re fierce, fast and fur-ocious…
Sea Life

Jellyfish Facts!

Join us as we travel the oceans far and wide with these electric jellyfish facts!
General Animals

Kangaroo Facts!

Learn all about one of Australia’s most amazing animals with our kangaroo facts
Sea Life

Killer whale facts!

We get the lowdown on these magnificent marine mammals…
Sea Life

Leatherback turtle facts!

Check out our splashing facts about these fab reptiles!
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General Animals

Living Nature

Snuggle up to some super-cute, eco-friendly soft toys!
Sea Life

Loggerhead turtle facts!

How much do you know about these beautiful sea creatures?
General Animals

Meerkat Facts!

Get the lowdown on one seriously cute critter with our mega meerkat facts!
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