In 1826 Sir Stamford Raffles founded The Zoological Society London (ZSL) as the world's first scientific zoo for the study of living animals. Two years later it opened to Fellows of the Society plus ...

To mark the milestone, ZSL isn’t throwing a single birthday bash and calling it a day. Instead, it’s rolling out a year-long ...

London Zoo, previously known as ZSL London Zoo or London Zoological Gardens and sometimes called Regent's Park Zoo, is the world's oldest scientific zoo. It was opened in London on 27 April 1828 and ...

Disney’s The Lion King will be seen at London Zoo from next month. The hit musical has been celebrated in the West End for over 25 years, and recently revealed a new cast. London Zoo’s annual Zoo ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. About 10,000 animals are being measured and weighed at the London Zoo's annual weigh-in. The records are shared with zoos and ...

Roughly 230 film reels have been found in storage. Zoological Society of London The archives of the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) hold countless intriguing artifacts, including souvenir soaps ...

The ark in London : Sir Stamford and Lady Raffles, 1824-6 -- The gardens grow : Mr. Decimus Burton, Esq., architect, 1826-30 -- The solitary surgeon : Mr. Charles Spooner, medical attendant, 1829-33 - ...

London Zoo celebrates bicentenary with annual stocktake - The stocktake, which lasts around a week, is a condition of the zoo’s licence.