Chester Zoo scientists are calling for closer collaboration with people in the field of #acoustics studies and #bioacoustics research.

That slit on the duiker's face is a gland that expresses a fluid used for scent marking. Scent marking is a bit like posting on social media, only damper and with less potential for embarrassment.

We're a bit late to press with this, but still proud to share that our teams have been honoured at both the annual BIAZA awards and at the recent BIAZA conference.👩‍🎓👨‍🎓🧑‍🎓.

Booooooooom! . We're carrying out some brilliant #bird #bioacoustics work, including this ongoing project.

Chester Zoo supported a University of Nottingham and University of Birmingham-led study that could have implications for the fight against cancer in humans. 🐢. Bonus fact of the day: all tortoises are turtles, but not all turtles are tortoises.

Congratulations to all the award winners from this years conference, and thank you to all the speakers and poster presenters! #BIAZARC2025

Great last set of speed talks with a focus on social science methods and the benefits of zoos to public health and wellbeing #BIAZARC2025

Tom Welsh evaluated the human health and wellbeing benefits of a lemur walkthrough #BIAZARC2025

Sarah Armstrong shows us the positive educational outcomes of visits and the school zoo at Reaseheath mini zoo #BIAZARC2025

Naomi Davis-Walsh @LJMU tells us about the great potential of using AI for automated behaviour monitoring in zoos #BIAZARC2025

Chris Pawson @Hartpury highlights the risk of burnout in zoo & aquarium caregivers #BIAZARC2025

Isobel Day @LivUni @chesterzoo has used sleep to monitor how giraffes coped with an enclosure move #BIAZARC2025

Great speed talk session, from a new tool for EEHV testing, welfare assessment of dormice, whisker ID of seals, population genetics of scaly-sided mergsnsers and leaf-tailed geckos, and the potential for cryobanking in pupfish #BIAZARC2025

Final talk of the session, Olivia Murrell @chesterzoo @manmetuni outlines the conservation potential of nepenthes (carnivorous pitcher plants) in zoos and botanical gardens #BIAZARC2025

Owen Greenwood @chesterzoo @ManMetUni highlights the importance of conservation genetics in the reintroduction of the Bermuda skink #BIAZARC2025

Helen Reynolds @ManMetUni talks about her research on whether Wild dogs can survive in small reserves #BIAZARC2025

Andrew Mooney @DublinZoo highlights the role of zoos in native species conservation #BIAZARC2025

Kathy Baker from Newquay Zoo @WildPlanetTrust gives a great overview of 13 years of research into the Owston’s civet #BIAZARC2025

Up first we have Josh Wright who’s talking about conservation genetics of Javan green magpie @ManMetUni #BIAZARC2025

Great final speed talk session of the day! Nutrition based talks around feeding enrichment in hogs to microplastics in feeder fish, through to welfare assessment in educational talks and welfare considerations for translocated white-clawed crayfish #BIAZARC2025