At ZSL, we know that real conservation happens when science and communities work together. Across the globe, our conservationists and scientists are partnering with local people to drive impact for ...

Across the world, women are driving conservation and economic change in their communities. From Djoum in Cameroon to Kenya’s national park-adjacent communities, and coastal and freshwater ecosystems ...

Benjamin Tapley, ZSL’s curator of Amphibians and Reptiles and Luan Thanh Nguyen, EDGE Hero describe spiny cascade frog from northwest Vietnam as new to science. Scientists and conservationists working ...

Peter Killen chose to support us in memory of his late wife, Julie. Here he tells us why ZSL means so much to him. We lived in Eaton Bray and could see Whipsnade Zoo from our house. We both had ...

At ZSL we’re working tirelessly to save species on the verge of extinction. Our EDGE of Existence programme is the only conservation programme in the world to focus on animals that are both ...

Working with the private sector to protect and restore biodiversity and support conservation enterprise.

The Institute of Zoology (IoZ) is the research division of ZSL. We are a world-leading research organisation, directly addressing global challenges in the field of conservation science. Our staff and ...

Hands on in the field and behind the scenes, we’ve worked to protect and support the recovery of the pygmy hippo found in the threatened Upper Guinea forest hotspot of West Africa. Logging, mining and ...

There are many ways that you can give your time to support us and help us achieve our vision of a world where wildlife thrives. From downloading our Instant Wild app and helping us identify endangered ...

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There are approximately 600 Asiatic lions left in the Gir Forest of Western India, their last remaining natural habitat. This small population survives in a tiny patch of forest where one disease ...

Asian elephants are more closely related to the extinct woolly mammoth than to the African elephant. The elephant’s tusks are elongated teeth (upper incisors) and tend to be larger in Asian bull ...