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News | 30 January 2024

François Langur family welcomes two new babies at Belfast Zoo

Belfast Zoo is overjoyed at the birth of two babies in our resident François’ Langur family group.

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Roaring success at Belfast Zoo

News | 12 April 2022

Roaring success at Belfast Zoo

We have welcomed our busiest year in ten years! Since reopening in April 2021, almost 280,000 people visited our site over the pas...

Free entry to Marwell Zoo for Belfast Zoo members

News | 1 April 2022

Free entry to Marwell Zoo for Belfast Zoo members

We are delighted to announce that our annual members can now enjoy free entry to Marwell Zoo.

It's a boy! Help us pick a name for our baby gorilla

News | 27 January 2022

It's a boy! Help us pick a name for our baby gorilla

We are delighted to announce that our latest baby western lowland gorilla is a boy! Born to father Gugas and mother Kamili on 8 O...

Belfast Zoo Celebrates Community Champion Award from EDS UK

News | 7 December 2021

Belfast Zoo Celebrates Community Champion Award from EDS UK

The Ehlers-Danlos Support UK (EDS) has awarded Belfast Zoo their first ever Community Champion Award!

A critically endangered species of gorilla has been born at Belfast Zoo

News | 10 November 2021

A critically endangered species of gorilla has been born at Belfast Zoo

Arriving in the early hours of Friday 8 October, the Western lowland gorilla, was born to mother Kamili and father Gugas.

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