Hi everyone and welcome back to Wingham after what feels like the longest year ever! There have been lots of changes in the park since everyone has been away; we have been kept busy with new species, sprucing up enclosures and building lots of new enrichment. We’ve also welcomed a fair few new keepers into…
Mandrills, obviously… They are the largest and one of the most colourful monkeys in the world. But why are they so colourful? It is the male Mandrills that can develop the bright blues, purples and reds on their faces and backsides. These colours indicate a more dominate male within the troop. The brighter the colour,…
Hey everyone! For my blog, this week I am going to talk about a very special group of monkeys, the Leaf eating Monkeys. They live in a subfamily group called Colobinae and are typically found throughout Africa and Asia and are long-tailed, tree dwelling monkeys that depend almost entirely on leaves as the main part…
Hey everyone, this week my blog will be focused on another of my favourite species of primates, the gibbons! But more specifically, gibbon songs and calls. All animals in the natural world will have a way of communicating with other species, individuals of their own species and with their environment. This can come in many…
Hello everyone, this week in my blog I will be talking about a highly specialised group of primates that have adapted to live a very different life compared to their other counterparts. This is of course nocturnal primates! Unlike diurnal (active during the day) primates, nocturnal (active during the night) primates have evolved to take…
On the 9th July 2020 the IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) released a news article about the completed revision of African primate’s assessments and their conservation status. This sadly included the news that almost a third of lemur species are now critically endangered and on the cusp of becoming extinct. Lemurs are only…
Today I am writing about my Lemur experience at Wingham Wildlife Park. I went on the 17th February 2020 with my brother Jacob and my Mum who shared the experience with me. When it was time for us to start, we met the Lemur keeper at the entrance to the Lemur walk-through. He told us a…
I’m celebrating Charles Darwin Day in this blog, which happens to be the 12th of February- Charles Darwin’s birthday (12th February 1809). The day, the godfather of evolution was born is definitely a day to reflect on what he taught us about ourselves and the natural world. The Theory of Evolution Darwin’s book, “The Origin…
You know how people often say on their children’s birthdays that it makes them feel old? Well that’s how I’m starting to feel about the 19th of January…I almost can’t believe it myself, and I’m sure a lot of you guys probably can’t either, but this year our young chimpanzee Elizabeth is celebrating her second birthday!…
December is well known for being a month of celebration, with Christmas fast approaching (less than 2 weeks to go everyone!), festivities and high spirits are all around. However before Christmas arrives there’s another, admittedly lesser known, day of celebration I’d like to draw your attention to! December 14th 2019 will mark the 19th annual…
