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 ...

Delve into topical issues in zoology, conservation and the environment, with our ZSL podcast. From restoring ecosystems to protecting critical species, hear more about the incredible science behind ...

The mountain chicken frog (Leptodactylus fallax) was once found widespread across seven Caribbean islands including Montserrat and Dominica, but recent survey of hotspots on Dominica – now the last ...

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When European eels arrive in our rivers they’re just 8cm long and transparent, but they’ve already travelled 6,500km. That’s because all eels hatch from eggs in the Sargasso Sea, an area of the North ...

Andrew's area of research aims to identify disease threats to wildlife conservation and how to prevent or mitigate these. This includes the mitigation of human-driven disease transmission (or ...

The Tsaobis Baboon Project explores the complex and fascinating lives of one of the world's most captivating social species, the chacma baboon. By understanding how baboons interact with each other ...

As the crisis facing our natural world become more urgent, and the challenges more complex, it will take all of us working together to solve them. But we believe nature can recover and we can find the ...

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 ...

At ZSL, we’re delivering innovative science-driven conservation - identifying species most at risk and understanding the underlying causes through the Red List Index project. We only know the ...

We are a community of internationally recognised researchers and students working in conservation science. The Institute of Zoology sits within the Science Directorate of ZSL.

We’re leading the future of conservation and biodiversity science, shaping agendas and influencing change to support better life, health and living for people and wildlife. At ZSL, we know that ...