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Expansions

News about zoo expansions, construction updates and improvements to zoos across Europe

An African elephant walks across the sandy floor of its enclosure at Zoo Duisburg, trunk lowered and tusks visible, with a second elephant standing on rockwork behind it and green trees beyond the fence.

Europe

Duisburg’s Elephants Move On, and a Savanna Moves In

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Oxeye daisies stand in sharp focus in rough grass, with the black and white head of a goose blurred in the background.

Europe

A Scottish Wetland Reserve Reopens, Three Days a Week

September 22, 2026

A design visualization of a penguin habitat: a long glass panel runs beside a wide blue pool with penguins swimming underwater, families watching from a path on the right, and more penguins standing on a stony shore beyond.

Europe

A 1.2 Million Pound Pool for 20 African Penguins

Europe

Two Hyena Sisters Move Into a Wood in Southern France

A bearded man in a green jacket and round glasses stands against a white wall beside two large circular artworks in yellow and orange.

Europe

A Deep Sea Installation Opens Inside the ARTIS Aquarium

ARTIS Amsterdam Royal Zoo has commissioned the artist Olafur Eliasson to build a ...

Stone steps lead up to a low modernist zoo building with a dark sign reading SZYMPANSY above its glass entrance, framed by trees.

Europe

Wroclaw Zoo Rebuilds Its Ape House Around the Chimps

ZOO Wroclaw began modernizing its Great Ape Pavilion on August 20, 2026, and ...

An orange and white anemonefish hovers among the long pink tentacles of a sea anemone.

Europe

Aquarium Berlin Reopens After a Three-Year Rebuild

Aquarium Berlin reopened on August 18, 2026 after a modernization that ran three ...

A slender bright green snake rests along a branch behind out-of-focus green leaves, its head turned toward the camera.

Europe

A Czech Park Now Shows Three Mamba Species Together

SAFARI PARK Dvůr Králové in the Czech Republic has added green mambas to ...

An African penguin swims at the surface of a shallow greenish pool, seen from above.

Europe

ARTIS Is Turning Its Sea Lion Pool Into a Penguin Home

ARTIS in Amsterdam is converting its California sea lion enclosure into a new ...

Visitors walk beneath a tall adobe-style gateway with a sign reading Desert, with cacti and planting on either side.

Europe

Burgers’ Zoo Reopens Its Desert Hall After Renovation

Burgers’ Zoo in Arnhem reopened its Desert hall on Thursday, July 9, 2026, ...

A man in a dark jacket stands in front of a projected site map of the Wilhelma showing labeled future projects.

Europe

Wilhelma Adopts Masterplan 2035+ for Stuttgart Garden

The Wilhelma in Stuttgart has adopted a development strategy running to 2035 and ...

A timber lodge and paddock behind a sign reading Reindeer Ravine, with visitors walking along a path.

Europe

Dudley Zoo Wins BIAZA Habitats Award for Reindeer Ravine

Dudley Zoo and Castle has won the Habitats category at the 2026 BIAZA ...

A San Francisco garter snake coiled on pale bark, its black body marked with turquoise-blue and orange stripes.

Europe

Wilhelma Opens Habitat for San Francisco Garter Snakes

On Tuesday, July 21, 2026, a zoo in Stuttgart opened a new outdoor ...

Seven people cutting a red ribbon across an open iron gate leading onto a tree-lined avenue

Europe

Schonbrunn Opens a New Gate Into the Park

On August 25, 2026, Vienna cut a red ribbon across a gate that ...

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