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

A broad stone staircase of several flights rises between stone balustrades at Pairi Daiza, its steps planted with beds of red and purple foliage, framed by mature green trees with the tower of Cambron Abbey visible at the upper right.

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Pairi Daiza Restores Cambron Abbey’s 1776 Staircase

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A squirrel monkey with a golden-yellow back, pale face and dark cap grips a thin branch with one hand, surrounded by broad green leaves inside a planted indoor enclosure.

Europe

Nine Squirrel Monkeys Move Into Hagenbeck’s Jungle

September 30, 2026

A small restored steam locomotive with an orange buffer beam stands under steam in the open doorway of a timber engine shed at Pairi Daiza, a Belgian flag mounted beside its headlamp, with a member of staff in a blue railway uniform and cap standing on either side of it.

Europe

A 126-Year-Old Steam Engine Runs Again at Pairi Daiza

A flock of pink flamingos stands on a sand bank at the edge of a green pond at Tierpark Hagenbeck, with a low planted island in the water in front of them, artificial rock outcrops and clipped hedges behind, and zebras visible in the distance.

Europe

Hagenbeck Rebuilds Its Flamingo Pond Around a Filter

A giant anteater with a long tapering snout and a bold white stripe along its dark flank stands beside a fallen log in dappled light, its thin tongue extended toward the bark.

Europe

Two Species New to Dublin Zoo Go on Show

Two species that had never been on show at Dublin Zoo went on ...

Two giraffes stand outside a long grey and timber building with tall glazed bays, one walking past the open doorways and the other reaching toward a dark feeder bag hung from a post.

Europe

Cologne Zoo Adds a Virtual Savanna Next Door

Cologne Zoo has put a virtual savanna directly across the path from a ...

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

Zoo Duisburg’s three female African elephants left Germany on Tuesday, September 8, and ...

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

WWT Caerlaverock, the wetland reserve on the Solway coast in southwest Scotland, reopened ...

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

Yorkshire Wildlife Park has opened a 1.2 million pound habitat for African penguins ...

Europe

Two Hyena Sisters Move Into a Wood in Southern France

Two spotted hyena sisters named Enzi and Etosha are now on the walking ...

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 ...

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