Tag: bioparc
Bioparc in Spain’s Fuengirola opens registration period for its White Week children’s camp
THE last week of February is synonymous in the province of Malaga with school holidays to celebrate the Day of Andalucia (Dia de Andalucia),...
Happy tenth birthday to first gorilla born in Spain’s Valencia region
BIOPARC Valencia got out the bunting on Wednesday to celebrate the tenth birthday of the first gorilla to be born in the Valencian Community.
Ebo's...
Bioparc in Spain’s Fuengirola says sad goodbye to Toñi, a Sri Lankan leopard
TOÑI, the female Sri Lankan leopard cared for at Bioparc Fuengirola since 2005 has died—for 17 years she was one of the zoo’s most...
Ice lolly treats for zoo animals in Spain
AS temperatures soar to well above 30 degrees, a Spanish zoo has decided to treat its animals to cooling ice creams.
But these frozen treats...
Zoo mourns loss of Rafiki, the ‘majestic’ 20-year-old endangered drill who has fathered 14 in Spain’s Valencia
KEEPERS at Bioparc Valencia are mourning the loss of Rafiki, a male drill monkey who has proved valuable in ensuring the survival of his...
WATCH: Newborn zebra frolics with siblings at safari park in Spain’s Valencia
VALENCIA’S Bioparc is celebrating the birth of its fourth Grant Zebra in a year, in a boost to a population that is at danger...
IN PICS: Baby orangutan born in Fuengirola in southern Spain and it’s a girl!
THE Bornean orangutan is an endangered species and is the first to be born in a European Orangutan Conservation Programme in 12 months.
Orangutans usually...
ANIMAL HOUSE: Another good year for Valencia’s Bioparc
LAST year was yet another success for Valencia city’s Bioparc animal refuge.
Always keen to escape the ‘zoo’ tag due to its negative connotations, the...
Bioparc Fuengirola on Spain’s Costa del Sol reopens doors amid COVID-19 lockdown easing
The zoo will become the first leisure park to open its doors in Malaga with a 20% capacity.
British mum to leave UK in search of love and new family on Spain’s Costa del Sol
THIS is Buu, the UK-based gorilla set to travel 2,300km in a bid to start a new family in Spain.
The female, 20, will...
The monkey with no name – Bioparc Fuengirola’s adorable new addition
Fuengirola Bioparc's new addition is the first golden-cheeked gibbon to be born in Spain, and the latest to be born on the continent
Red pandas arrive at Fuengirola’s Bioparc
The species has been labelled as in danger of extinction by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature after 50% of its global population was reduced in the last 20 years
Rare pygmy hippo born at Fuengirola zoo
The unnamed calf is the fifth baby to be born at Bioparc Fuengirola
Slow and steady
The giant tortoise, which can be found at Fuengirola’s Bioparc, can grow up to 1.3 metres long and weigh as much as 400kg
Bird watching on the Costa del Sol
Found in Northern Australia and Papua New Guinea the Military Avefria can also be found at Bioparc Fuengirola
Green tree python blending into Bioparc’s surroundings
They are common in New Guinea, Indonesia and Australia - and Fuengirola
Bioparc Fuengirola’s thumbless monkeys are kings of the swingers
Unlike other monkeys, the tree-dwelling Colobus have no thumbs
Endangered leopard at Bioparc Fuengirola
Bioparc is home to a leopard of the endangered Sri Lankan subspecies
Endangered monkeys arrive at Bioparc Fuengirola
First 'Roloway' monkeys arrive at Spanish zoo
Chimping around at Bioparc Fuengirola
Say hello to Noelia, Eva and Natalia.. Bioparc's chimp residents
Endangered golden-cheeked gibbon born in BIOPARC Fuengirola
There are less than 25,000 left in the wild
Incredible turnaround of Bioparc in Fuengirola
It has been a massive turnaround for a zoo once disgraced in a hard-hitting BBC investigation
Not quite Narnia, but Fuengirola’s Bioparc is very magical
Fiona Tomas takes a tour around Bioparc