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Isle of Wight Zoo Seek Tour Guide
The Isle of Wight Zoo currently has a vacancy for a part time seasonal tour guide. The role is an exciting opportunity to contribute to the public education programme of the Isle of Wight Zoo.
Feasting with Carnivores
The Isle of Wight Zoo launches late night snacks with the big cats. Anyone with business near the Isle of Wight Zoo in the early evening will know that this is the time the big cats attempt to make themselves known to the entire town…
Island Zoo Harnessing Pig Power
The Isle of Wight Zoo may be most famous for its tigers, but recently some of the smaller creatures have decided that it’s their turn to bathe in a bit of the limelight. The opening of Zoolittle Farm this summer has brought a number of extroverted new animals determined to shake things up…
All Hands On Deck To Save Baby Lemurs
The Isle of Wight Zoo recently received a pair of unexpected new arrivals – two red ruffed lemur babies rejected by their mother at another organisation. Time was critical and Red Funnel pulled out all the stops to whisk the babies over to the Island. On Tuesday the lemurs got the chance for another adventure onboard a Red Funnel car ferry…
IW Zoo Springwatch Ruffed Lemurs
It’s the time of year when nature loving Britons are granted VIP access to birds’ nests as BBC’s ‘Springwatch’ makes a welcome return to our screens. However, there is something altogether weirder, almost alien-like in fact, peering out from a nest box in the Isle of Wight Zoo’s Eastern Madagascar exhibit…
Island White Tiger Birthday Celebrations Online
Party celebrations are under-way at the Isle of Wight Zoo with a killer cake! as Zena, the white tiger, celebrates her 13th birthday today 22nd May. If a trip to the zoo is not on the cards there is no excuse to miss the party as the zoo launches the Kanha live webcam accessed via the zoo’s website…
Bugs Go Live On Red Funnel
The Isle of Wight Zoo and Red Funnel teamed up to provide travellers with an unexpected treat. Passengers cruising to and from the Isle of Wight on Red Funnel’s car ferry, the Red Eagle, had the opportunity to meet and greet some rather unusual fellow passengers…
Amphibian Ark Day @ IOW Zoo
Its not easy being green or yellow, or red, or blue, or mottled and the Isle of Wight Zoo have been busy throughout the year, raising funds for the Year of the Frog. Fundraising efforts culminate on August Bank Holiday, with a fun packed day of frog-themed activities…
