An Asian elephant that lived at Belfast Zoo for 15 years before being moved to the Netherlands has died. Dhunja died at Royal Burger's Zoo in Arnhem at the age of 51. In a statement, Belfast Zoo ...

An investigation has been launched at Belfast Zoo after it was reported that a worker had been 'locked in' to the lion enclosure. The incident took place last week, when an individual was ...

Visitors to Belfast Zoo have some new arrivals to enjoy with four new meerkats having moved into their habitat on Monday. The zoo said two meerkats arrived at the facility in January and have ...

Belfast Zoo's two remaining Asian elephants are getting ready for retirement in the Netherlands. Dhunja and Yhetto have been residents in Belfast since 2009. Last year, Belfast City Council gave ...

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 ...

Belfast Zoo has welcomed its newest addition - a baby gorilla. The western lowland gorilla was born in October and has not been named yet as its sex has not been determined. Its mother Kamili gave ...

A monkey from Belfast Zoo has died after being hit by a car. The spider monkey, which had escaped from the zoo on Saturday afternoon, was "clipped by a car" on the M2 in north Belfast that evening.

They saw an opportunity and they seized it, set it up, then scaled it. Some enterprising chimpanzees at the Belfast Zoo in Northern Ireland's capital, propped a tree branch against the wall of ...

Belfast Zoo have paid tribute to their former Asian elephant Dhunja, after it was confirmed the animal passed away at Royal Burgers’ Zoo. It comes as the zoo also announced the deaths of two of ...

Belfast Zoo has welcomed a new resident, which was born during the recent Storm Arwen. The fluffy vicuna, which is the smallest member of the camel family, was born to proud parents, Áine and ...

Visitors at the Belfast Zoo on Saturday witnessed a daring bid for freedom when a group of chimpanzees made a ladder to escape their enclosure. The primates in the Northern Ireland zoo took ...