Meet the tallest residents at Dublin Zoo! These uniquely spotted gentle giants roam in towers and visitors to Dublin Zoo will be familiar with them in the African Savanna – it can only be the herd of Rothschild’s giraffes! We caught up with keeper Susan to find out more about these majestic, hoofed mammals. ‘We […]
Dublin Zoo is delighted to announce a special offer for secondary schools this Science Week. To celebrate the opening of the new National Centre for Species Survival at Dublin Zoo, we are inviting secondary schools across the country to meet with our conservation and science team at the centre from Monday 13th – Friday 17th […]
Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth Roderic O’Gorman TD has officially launched Dublin Zoo’s first ever Conservation Education Master Plan, which is aimed at cultivating the next generation of conservationists to help achieve Dublin Zoo’s mission to save wildlife. The plan prioritises increasing conservation education opportunities for learners from a variety of socioeconomic […]
The Discovery and Learning team at Dublin Zoo were the proud winners of three awards in this year’s British and Irish Zoo and Aquarium (BIAZA) Awards held at Dublin Zoo this summer. In conjunction with Galway Atlantaquarium and Tayto Park, the education teams’ collaborative project with the Junior Cycle for Teachers (JCT), a Dept. of […]
To mark the unveiling of Dublin Zoo’s newest habitat, the Himalayan Hills, we have launched a limited-edition activity series. The activities will be released in six parts ranging from colouring-in, word searches, crosswords and much more to allow you and your children to learn more about the snow leopard and red panda species in a […]
This year a collaboration of Irish zoos and aquariums working in partnership with Junior Cycle for Teachers, a Department of Education and Skills schools’ support service were honoured to receive a BIAZA gold education award. Biaza, which stands for the British and Irish Association of Zoos and Aquariums, celebrates the best examples of research, conservations and education […]
World Parrot Day was originally founded 2004 by the World Parrot Trust and is a wonderful opportunity to celebrate these beautiful, charismatic and intelligent birds. The motto for 2021 is “Be kind and selfless – be more parrot!” highlighting the recent research into parrot behaviour where grey parrots demonstrated selfless behaviour in helping other parrots […]
Visit our Conservation Education page for all our up to date online activities and resources. Original article from March 2020. As Dublin Zoo want to continue to deliver fun and educational experiences to the people in Ireland and beyond who are practising social distancing we are beginning a #dublinzoofun activity series. These activities range from […]
CALLING ALL BUDDING ENGINEERS! To celebrate Engineers Week 2020, Dublin Zoo is calling upon your school class to participate in ‘The Giraffe Habitat Challenge’. This innovative competition tasks budding young engineers to try their hand at creating a new giraffe habitat. To enter, teachers will sign up their students to a one-day programme at Dublin […]
For Science Week 2019, Dublin Zoo with their sustainability partner, SSE Airtricty, challenged primary and secondary school children to design a sustainable giraffe habitat for the growing giraffe herd in Dublin Zoo. To help the young scientists, engineers and animal enthusiasts with their projects, the Discovery and Learning Team held a number of Giraffe Habitat […]
This competition is now closed. To celebrate the giraffe new arrival and Science Week 2019, Dublin Zoo is calling upon your school class to participate in ‘The Giraffe Habitat Challenge’. This innovative competition tasks budding young designers to try their hand at creating a new giraffe habitat. To enter, teachers will sign up their students […]
On Monday 20th August 2018, President of Ireland Michael D. Higgins, and the President of the Zoological Society of Ireland, Michael Daly and Director of Dublin Zoo, Leo Oosterweghel, led proceedings at the launch of the new Discovery and Learning Centre at Dublin Zoo. The €3 million Discovery and Learning Centre at Dublin Zoo is […]
