One of the region’s top conservation charities is to change its name. The Whitley Wildlife Conservation...
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Conservationists from different sides of the globe are working together to save a rare jungle bird. Staff from...
The Whitley Wildlife Conservation Trust and Paignton Zoo are vaccinating wild badgers. It’s part of a multi...
Staff from a locally-based conservation charity travelled to Africa recently to see how donations are helping to reduce...
Landslides, giant spiders and the occasional unexploded bomb left over from the Vietnam war were just some of the...
Our flagship project in South East Asia has been awarded a major United Nations grant. Selamatkan Yaki (“Save the...
For Halloween, a chilling true story of bats. And this time, the bats are the ones in distress. Too many streetlights...
A research student based at Paignton Zoo has shown the benefits of building hotels for bees. Emily Tyack was studying...
A Devon-based conservation charity is attending a major national event - both virtually and actually. The Whitley...
A Devon conservation charity is launching a project to help a bird that hasn’t been seen in the wild for nearly 20...
The Whitley Wildlife Conservation Trust held the BIAZA Native Species Working Group 2017 annual conference on 27th and...
A local conservation charity is saying an extra special thank you to its volunteers this week. The Whitley Wildlife...
The Whitley Wildlife Conservation Trust, the charity that runs Paignton Zoo Environmental Park, Living Coasts in Torquay...
A delegation from the frontline of wildlife conservation has visited Paignton Zoo to share some optimism. The visitors...
Two local zoological organisations have joined forces with one of the most prestigious names in academia to work on a...
Scientists at the region’s leading zoological charity have joined forces with researchers at the University of...
WWCT scientists have been busy demonstrating the benefits of what they call joined-up conservation. Dr Holly Farmer...
This time each year, zoo keepers take on the mammoth task of counting each and every animal in their collections. ...
Conservationists in Nigeria supported by a Devon charity have taken the first photographs of chimpanzees in a region not...
As the State of Nature prepares to release its 2016 report that warns Britain’s wildlife is facing a...
The Whitley Wildlife Conservation Trust, which runs Paignton Zoo, Living Coasts in Torquay and Newquay Zoo in Cornwall,...
Animal experts from all over the world are gathering at Paignton Zoo Environmental Park to discuss nutrition. Over 50...
With days to go before the Virgin Money London Marathon, runner Izzy Warren is taking her inspiration from her place of...
West Country wildlife conservationists are speaking out for the people and rainforests of West Africa. Staff at the...
Zoo colleagues preparing for the Virgin Money London Marathon have struck up a friendly rivalry, although they are based...
Paignton Zoo Environmental Park has added to its green credentials. The charity’s Environmental Officer, Pete...
The Trust has been celebrating the achievements of its volunteers. The dedicated band clocked up the equivalent of 3,000...
A conservationist from a Devon charity has made a crucial discovery in the rainforests of East Africa. She has...
A South Devon scientist has been talking about his exploits researching strange primates in tropical forests...
As one of the region’s key conservation charities, WWCT is looking forward to a busy and successful 2016. The...
The Whitley Wildlife Conservation Trust - one of the South West’s largest conservation charities - has announced...
The Whitley Wildlife Conservation Trust supports conservation projects in countries including Zimbabwe, Tanzania,...
The Trust is marking a decade of environmental quality. Paignton Zoo Environmental Park has held the 14001...
A new report on bird conservation in British zoos highlights the role of three top South West collections. Paignton...
It looks like a piece of designer jewellery, but this rare and beautiful miniature lizard, photographed at Paignton Zoo...
There are lots of different jobs at our zoos - like registrar, for example. If someone told you that Dr Holly Farmer...
Conservationists have reintroduced a rare plant to a site in Cornwall where it hasn’t been seen for 100 years. A...
While Zimbabwe collapses economically and socially, dedicated conservationists continue their battle to save the...
WWCT is using Volunteers’ Week (1st to 7th June) to recruit people who are retired or near retirement to its...
The Whitley Wildlife Conservation Trust runs Paignton Zoo, Living Coasts, Torquay’s coastal zoo, and Newquay Zoo...
A top wildlife photographer has made a significant donation to one of the Whitley Wildlife Conservation Trust’s...
Paignton Zoo scientist Wayne Edwards endured a cyclone, dangerous wildlife and atrocious roads on his latest research...
The Whitley Wildlife Conservation Trust has announced new staff for its crucial overseas projects in Vietnam and...
A former DJ from South East London is taking on climate change, habitat loss and looming species extinction with the...
"I’ve been grumbling about palm oil for 21 years,” says Tony Stokes. “People are so tired of it...
The search is on for tiny orange ping-pong bats. Naturalists in South Devon have found an unusual fungus –...
A project to bring the rare cirl bunting back to Cornwall is celebrating its best year to date. And Trust staff are...
One of the South West’s largest conservation charities has announced its results for the year. The Whitley...
Top South West zoos are marking the anniversary of a key global conservation tool. Staff and volunteers at Paignton Zoo,...
Our zoos have won a clutch of awards – mainly for environmental work. Paignton Zoo Environmental Park was...
WWCT has added its voice to the debate about beavers on the River Otter. The Whitley Wildlife Conservation...
Scientists will be practising an unlikely conservation technique in a Paignton wood - hitting trees with big sticks! ...
A Devon wildlife charity is planning a day of discovery that’s set to open up a whole new world for local people....
A new national report shows the good work being done by top zoos – including our own Paignton Zoo Environmental Park. ...
Keepers from zoos including Paignton Zoo Environmental Park and Newquay Zoo completed the Three Peaks Challenge in aid...
Living Coasts has sent 20 penguins to Eastern Europe as part of a major new initiative. The coastal conservation charity...
The Whitley Wildlife Conservation Trust has taken another step to help save a threatened native species. The Trust...
Three mountains in three countries in 24 hours – that’s the challenge facing animal staff from two local zoos. ...
Scientists from the Trust are part of an international team studying an elusive African antelope through its dung. A...
The Whitley Wildlife Conservation Trust is encouraging Torbay people to help shape the future of the Bay. The Trust is...
The Whitley Wildlife Conservation Trust is marking Volunteers’ Week by highlighting some of the many ways in which its...
The Whitley Wildlife Conservation Trust is encouraging Torbay people to help shape the future of the Bay. The charity...
Cornish bee experts have been awarded a Lottery grant to help save the county’s very own honey bee. And WWCT is...
A Devon conservation charity has launched a new Honorary Membership scheme to thank hard-working supporters. The...
Staff from Living Coasts, Torquay’s coastal zoo, are leading a clean-up of one of Torquay’s beaches. ...
Paignton Zoo Environmental Park is taking its campaign against palm oil to the Exeter Festival of South West Food &...
A gorilla is sending postcards back to Devon from the Antarctic. PEG – which stands for Polar Explorer Gorilla...
A Devon conservation charity has found a rare African frog after a painstaking search lasting three years. The Whitley...
A Devon conservation charity is coming to the aid of a native species under threat from its bolder American cousins. ...
Living Coasts is asking everyone to pull the plug on wasteful electrical equipment to help reduce CO2 emissions. ...
Wildlife charity volunteers have given more hours than ever before. Volunteers at Paignton Zoo Environmental Park and...
The announcement by DEFRA that there will be a Marine Conservation Zone for Tor Bay has been welcomed by a leading local...
Paignton Zoo Environmental Park has won a top national zoo award for its work with a bird that in this country is found...
To focus attention on the global extinction crises and advance implementation of the Aichi Biodiversity Targets, the...
Photographer Andrew Walmsley has scooped a big photography award with a picture taken while working with a Devon...
The next generation of zoo conservationists has graduated thanks to two top Devon institutions. The Whitley Wildlife...
Animal staff at a Devon zoo and aquarium have been tackling a tricky task – micro-chipping venomous stingrays. So...
Paignton Zoo Environmental Park is marking the role South Devon played in the career of the man regarded around the...
Paignton Zoo fundraiser Jenny Paton has personal experience of how much heartache not having a Will can cause. ...
Bird keepers at Paignton Zoo have seen a burst of late-season hatchings. It’s thought to be thanks to the...
Curator of Plants and Gardens Kevin Frediani is saying good bye to Paignton Zoo Environmental Park after five...
A five star hotel has been built on the site of Living Coasts. But the penguins won’t be checking in - the multi...
Neil Bemment is juggling lions at Paignton Zoo. One of the many jobs of a zoo curator is to make sure all the animals...
His Royal Highness The Earl of Wessex KG GCVO will mark the tenth birthday of Living Coasts with a visit to the...
Aviculturists at Paignton Zoo Environmental Park in Devon are learning how to care for some difficult chicks. They...
Twenty pairs of captive-bred dormice have been released in a secret woodland location in Nottinghamshire to help boost...
This northern hawk owlet at Paignton Zoo Environmental Park seems to be trying to out-stare the camera. Paignton Zoo...
Scientists based in Devon and Tanzania have used DNA from dung to show that a survey method for threatened forest...
A Devon conservation charity plans to revolutionise the difficult relationship between conservation and consumerism. ...
An international expedition led by some of our field conservationists has identified a “significant but little...
Paignton Zoo Environmental Park in Devon has become the first zoo in the world to sign up to a new international...
A Devon scientist is to take on a top national job. Dr. Kirsten Pullen, Zoo Research Officer at the Whitley Wildlife...
A team from the Whitley Wildlife Conservation Trust is surveying the remote Bacan Island, off the coast of...
Staff at Newquay Zoo are thrilled to announce that two male Owston’s civets, a vulnerable species from Vietnam,...
One of the region’s top conservation charities is looking for new people to help guide it through the coming...
The Whitley Wildlife Conservation Trust has been awarded a number of major grants to continue its vital conservation...
South Devon naturalists have hailed a conservation charity’s first ever BioBlitz a success. The Whitley Wildlife...
Paignton Zoo is now home to some cool toads. The seven East African Nectophrynoides viviparous (“necto-fry...
Hazel dormice have been released into the wild by Paignton Zoo and its project partners. The animals were brought to...
A local conservation charity has identified the perfect volunteer. The results of a survey carried out by the Whitley...
A rare white antelope has been born at Paignton Zoo – the second in two years. The Kafue Flats lechwe calf was...
Three South West zoos have received top national awards from the zoo world. Paignton Zoo Environmental Park, Living...