A truly unique 105-hectare safari park and zoo located within the beautiful Cairngorms National Park.
What's happening at RZSS Highland Wildlife Park
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Blog: a bright future for Himalaya's wolves?
16th May 2022
Alex Ball, Wildgenes programme manager from The Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS) updates us on the conservation work with the Himalayan…
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HRH The Princess Royal plants a tree to celebrate the creation of Scotland’s Wildlife Discovery Centre
9th May 2022
HRH The Princess Royal visited the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland’s (RZSS) Highland Wildlife Park last week to commemorate the park’s…
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Thousands more rare insects released in the Cairngorms to boost critically endangered population
16th Mar 2022
Releases to boost Britain’s critically endangered wild population of pine hoverflies are being carried out this week by the Royal Zoological Society…
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Polar bear cub born at Highland Wildlife Park
16th Dec 2021
The Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS) has today announced the birth of a tiny polar bear cub at Highland Wildlife Park, near Aviemore. …
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Incredible news for Scotland’s beavers
25th Nov 2021
Commenting on today’s announcement regarding beaver translocations outwith their current range in Scotland, Dr Helen Taylor, conservation programme…
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Blog: Building Back Beaver - Why the hype about beavers?
24th Nov 2021
The Beaver Trust's Dr Roisin Campbell-Palmer reflects of the success of beaver reintroductions, the role of zoos in that success and asks what…
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Record-breaking breeding success for critically endangered native insect
18th Aug 2021
Efforts to save a rare native insect from extinction have been boosted by a record-breaking breeding season at the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland’s…
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£1.9 million to help create world-class attraction at Highland Wildlife Park
6th Jul 2021
The National Lottery Heritage Fund has today announced a £1.9m investment to help create a truly world-class attraction at the Royal Zoological…
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Funding boost for Scottish wildcat conservation
7th Jun 2021
A vital partnership to restore Scotland’s wildcat population has received a funding boost, with a £400,000 Scottish Government grant to the…
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Over 1,000 animal samples arrive at Edinburgh Zoo’s biobank hub
28th Jan 2021
The Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS), in partnership with National Museums Scotland (NMS), has received over 1,000 samples of animal tissue for the European Association of Zoo and Aquaria (EAZA) and CryoArks biobank facilities at Edinburgh Zoo.
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RZSS appoints new CEO
4th Mar 2020
The Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS) has appointed David Field as the wildlife conservation charity’s new chief executive.
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Into the wild
10th Jul 2018
One of the rarest cats in the world has been born at the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland’s Highland Wildlife Park, but you won’t be able to see it.
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Polar bear cub emerges at RZSS Highland Wildlife Park
7th Mar 2018
The first polar bear cub to be born in the UK for 25 years has emerged at the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland’s Highland Wildlife Park.
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First polar bear born in UK for 25 years
3rd Jan 2018
The Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS) has announced that its resident female polar bear Victoria has given birth at the Highland Wildlife Park. It is the first time a polar bear cub has been born in the UK for 25 years.
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Pupils from 500 schools have gone ‘Wild about Scotland’!
30th Nov 2017
The Wild about Scotland outreach programme has recently celebrated it’s 500th school visit! To mark such a momentous milestone the team returned to St Paul’s Primary RC School, which was where the programme was launched back in September 2014.
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Capercaillie returns to Highland Wildlife Park
25th Oct 2017
Two pairs of endangered Capercaillie have made a flying return to RZSS Highland Wildlife Park. The large native Scottish bird will now be on show so visitors will be able to see the largest members of the grouse family which can reach around 90cm in length and up to 14lbs in weight.
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RZSS awarded national zoo conservation grant
31st Jul 2017
The Royal Zoological Society of Scotland has been chosen as the worthy recipient of this year’s BIAZA Conservation Grant.
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RZSS appoints new CEO
7th Oct 2016
Jeremy Peat, Chair of Trustees of the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS), said: “I am delighted to announce that, following a very thorough…
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Rare deer born at RZSS Highland Wildlife Park
28th Jun 2016
Keepers at RZSS Highland Wildlife Park have recently welcomed a rare Bukhara deer calf to its herd in the Cairngorms. The male calf was born at the beginning of June to mother Mariam and has yet to be named.
