Founded in 1826, the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) is an international scientific, conservation and educational charity whose mission is to promote and achieve the worldwide conservation of animals and their habitats. Our mission is realised through our groundbreaking science, our active conservation projects in more than 50 countries and our two Zoos, ZSL London Zoo and ZSL Whipsnade Zoo.
We are devoted to conservation and education, the worldwide conservation of animals and their habitat.
Our scientists in the laboratory and field, animal management teams at both zoos and our veterinarians contribute wide-ranging skills and experience to both practical conservation and the scientific research that underpins this work.
The ZSL’s Institute of Zoology (IoZ) is a world-renowned research centre working at the cutting edge of conservation science.
IoZ has an established record of conservation impact in important research areas, including wildlife health, bringing threatened species back from the brink of extinction, global biodiversity monitoring, co-existence between wildlife and people, mitigating the impacts of climate change on biodiversity.
IoZ is affiliated with University College London (UCL), specifically with the UCL Research Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment. Our research staff are accorded honorary status within the UCL Division of Biosciences, part of the Faculty of Life Sciences.
Surviving solely in zoos and botanic gardens are 33 animal and 39 plant species.
The carcass of a Grévy’s zebra, an endangered species which exists only in the northern part of Kenya, where drought is ongoing.
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Les chiens sauvages d'Afrique s'adaptent à la hausse des températures en utilisant un indice qui ne permet plus de prévoir avec précision les meilleures conditions de reproduction.
African wild dog with pups.
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Lions don’t generally have armies of hyenas, but not every aspect of The Lion King is inaccurate.
Un sporange datant de la fin du Silurien. En vert : une tétrade de spores. En bleu: une spore marquée d'un trilète. Les spores ont un diamètre d'environ 30 à 35 µm.
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Many mammals depend on large areas and trans-boundary conservation for their survival. When this is obstructed it can have a catastrophic impact on animal populations.
The Hirola has a global population size of 500.
Abdullahi H. Ali
Cheetah’s rarity and elusiveness poses a problem for conservationists who need to know where they still persist, and whether their numbers are increasing or decreasing.
Cheetah are now restricted to less than 10% of its historical distribution, and survive in just 33 populations.
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