Winter is not a quiet season at the zoo! Thus, our technical teams are working intensively on the development of two new spaces: - Macaques Rock, in place of the former Tiger Park, to welcome a group of crab-eating macaques. - the Deer Forest, on the wooded...
[vc_video link='https://youtu.be/SvoKXTsgOjM'] November 1, 2017, was born Matombu, thirtieth girafon born in the zoo of La Barben! This is the first child of Hadiza, a 7 year old female. As you can see, among giraffes, the farrowing is impressive because it is standing up: the calf undergoes a...
Since a few weeks, our 2 maned wolves discover their new space, specially designed to meet their needs! You will certainly be charmed by the elegance of this canine native of the South American meadows ...
On August, 19th, we will host one of our partner : the Primates Project France, who is running a great conservation project in Guinea : a Conservation Center for Chimpanzee ! During this special day, you will meet volunteers on this center, they will make you...
A second calf is born on July, 1st ! This tall female (1.75m at birth !) is born after a gestation period of 14 months, and was awake less than one hour after birth !...
In July and August, the zoo is open everyday from 9:30 to 19:00. For your compfort, we advice you to viist us preferentially at the beginning or at the end of the day, so as to benefit of the coolness, and to observe more active animals...
On June, 16th, our family of lemurs catta gets bigger : a baby is born ! This young is carried by its mother, on the abdomen or on the back. We will need to wait a few months to know if it is a male...
On June, 8th, a pretty little giraffa is born. This female, born after a gestation period of 14 months, spent the first weeks of its life in the peacefulness of their boses, now stats to discover the outside world. It is still young, that is...
Two red pandas joined our zoo ! They don't belong to the family of Giant Panda : the word "panda" would mean "bambou eater" in Nepalese, indeed 95% of their diet is made of this vegetal...
Let’s discover the biggest feline of the world, its characteristics and how it situation is worrying (they’re now more numerous in captivity than in the wild). From 11am to 5pm, meet us in front of the tiger’s enclosure to participate to many activities, discover some facts...