smooth-coated otters arrived
Bauprojekte | 3 May 2024On 26 April, a pair of smooth-coated otters moved into the almost 145 m² indoor enclosure in the new orangutan house. The two-year-old animals ...
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Hugos move into the new orangutan house
Animal news | 30 April 2024The construction work on the orangutan house is in its final stages and the first animals have moved into the new building. This ...
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Janali celebrates her 1st birthday
Animal news | 22 March 2024Koala joey Janali turns 1 year old today. Since her birth on 22 March 2023, she has grown from a tiny, two-centimetre newborn into an ...
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The gecko is Zoo Animal of the Year 2024
Animal news | 31 January 2024The 2024 Zoo Animal of the Year – the gecko – was announced today at the Cologne Zoo aquarium. The patron of this year's campaign, President ...
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Baby koala christened Janali
Animal news | 15 December 2023It’s a girl! The first koala joey to be born at Dresden Zoo and has been named Janali. The name derives from the Aboriginal word meaning ...
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Three-banded armadillos welcome a new arrival
Animal news | 12 December 2023Female armadillo Bu gave birth to her second pup around four weeks ago. At birth, three-banded armadillos are about the size of a table tennis ...
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Our Bactrian camel flock gains a new member
Animal news | 20 November 2023The young cow born on 8 October 2022 at Allwetterzoo Münster and now resident in Dresden goes by the name of Manila. Our Bactrian camel family ...
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Baby koala makes debut appearance
Animal news | 4 October 2023It was clear from female koala Eerin’s increasingly rounded pouch and the movements visible inside it: the baby koala was growing fast and it ...
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Happy 50th birthday!
Animal news | 29 August 2023Today marked a proud anniversary for our female orangutan Djudi. Born to Ringo and Uschi at Dresden Zoo on 29 August 1973, she is now ...
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New arrivals among the banded mongooses
Animal news | 8 August 2023It’s all go in the banded mongoose enclosure at the moment ‒ on 19 July, seven young animals were born in the indoor pen, which is not ...
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