Belfast Zoo has welcomed the arrival of four new meerkats. Visitors have this week been able to spot the animals after they were moved into a new habitat at the north Belfast visitor attraction on ...

These are Belfast Zoo’s new meerkats – named Daffo and Dil in honour of Marie Curie’s daffodil appeal. The playful pair’s ...

After the bombing began in April 1941, the authorities feared that a direct hit on Belfast Zoo could allow dangerous animals to escape. So they ordered creatures including six wolves, a puma ...

The government thought it would make sense to "Destroy all dangerous animals at the zoo", fearing that another direct hit on Belfast would allow them to escape. Two RUC marksmen were ordered to ...

The very 'popular' male chimpanzees Tombe and Tumba departed Colchester Zoological Society have arrived at Belfast Zoo ...

Male chimpanzees Tombe and Tumba will be moving to Belfast Zoo tomorrow to make way for a new male later in the year. Tombe is Colchester Zoo’s dominant male chimpanzee and, since his birth in ...