Our vision is a world where wildlife thrives. We’re working every day to achieve this, through our science, our field conservation around the world and engaging millions of people through our Zoos. As ...

Did you know there are seals in the River Thames? The Thames ebbs and flows through the heart of London and is not only a busy urban waterway, but is also home to a fascinating and often unexpected ...

This Christmas, make your gift-giving extra meaningful by choosing presents that help protect wildlife and preserve our planet’s most precious habitats. Every gift in our collection supports ZSL (The ...

In October, I arrived in Cali, a small city in northern Colombia, to join the vibrant displays of the most attended (to date) Conference of the Parties (COP16) for the Convention on Biological ...

The palm oil sector has made significant advances in commitments to zero deforestation but evidence of implementation is widely lacking, reveals our latest assessment. Published today, this year’s ZSL ...

At ZSL, we’re committed to halting and reversing global biodiversity loss for the benefit of people and the planet as per the Convention on Biological Diversity’s (CBD) Global Biodiversity Framework’s ...

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

Making a difference for wildlife. At ZSL, we are proud of the work we do. To give you an insight into the work our conservationists, scientists, and volunteers achieve on a daily, weekly and monthly ...

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 ...

The Living Planet Index (LPI) data tells us how species are faring, by measuring trends in monitored populations of vertebrate species. It is not a census of all wildlife, but reports the average ...

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.

Ben is the Curator of Amphibians and Reptiles and his area of work is focussed on species conservation. Alarmingly, 41% of amphibians and 21% of reptiles are threatened with extinction. Amphibians are ...