Paignton Zoo is still picking up the pieces from Storm Eunice which caused significant damage to a number of their trees and buildings and forced them to temporarily close. This closure has been made all the more painful as it coincides with the first few days of school half term, a time when the charity […]
The Queen’s Green Canopy (QGC) is a unique tree-planting initiative created to mark Her Majesty’s Platinum Jubilee later this year. The initiative encourages both people and organisations across the United Kingdom to plant a tree for the Jubilee and Paignton Zoo are delighted to be involved. The Devon-based zoo planted 29 trees on the 10th […]
Today is International Day of Women and Girls in Science, a day founded by the United Nations to help achieve full and equal access and participation in science for women and girls. To celebrate today, we’ve sat down with our Chief Science Officer, Dr Kirsten Pullen, to have a conversation about her career so far […]
This week, we’re celebrating women in science ahead of International Day of Girls and Women in Science on Friday 11 February. Today’s woman in science is zoo-based research student, Jemima Frame. What is your role at Wild Planet Trust? I am a zoo-based research placement student. Typically my day consists of animal behavioural observations (normally […]
More than 40,000 species are currently at risk of extinction. Through a unified mission to save those species most at risk a new partnership has been formed between Paignton Zoo and Nature’s SAFE. Nature’s SAFE is one of Europe’s first Living Biobanks dedicated to preserving endangered animals. From its dedicated lab in Shropshire, registered charity […]
This week, we’re celebrating women in science ahead of International Day of Girls and Women in Science on Friday 11 February. The next episode of our podcast, ‘So you want to work in a zoo?’, comes out on Friday. This will star our Chief Science Officer, Dr Kirsten Pullen, one of the many women in […]
This week, we’re celebrating women in science ahead of International Day of Girls and Women in Science on Friday, 11 February. Today’s woman in science is Research Coordinator, Dr Kathy Baker. What is your role at Wild Planet Trust? I am the Research Coordinator, based at Newquay Zoo. My main role includes teaching on degree courses […]
This week, we’re celebrating women in science ahead of International Day of Girls and Women in Science on Friday 11 February. International Day of Women and Girls in Science is a day created by the United Nations to help achieve full and equal access and participation in science for women and girls. We have lots […]
Paignton Zoo’s Bird Department are pleased to announce the recent hatching of a very special baby bird. The new arrival, a Mitchell’s lorikeet, was first discovered by keepers on Boxing Day and the team have been monitoring its progress carefully ever since. Mitchell’s lorikeets are one of the rarest species that Paignton Zoo look after, […]
