grassland news

It has been another momentous year in the attractions industry, and Attractions Management has been there reporting the big news, good and bad, all the ... More

Chester Zoo has had plans approved to build an extensive African savannah habitat adjacent to a wide range of accommodation in the form of lodges ... More

A brand new area being proposed by Chester Zoo in Cheshire, UK, will feature overnight accommodation where guests can wake up to Rothschild’s giraffes, Grevy’s ... More

Walking with ring-tailed lemurs and seeing endangered Asiatic lions in a specially-developed new habitat are among the new experiences planned for Chester Zoo in 2019, ... More

Chester Zoo has launched a fundraising campaign in order to repair the damages caused by a large fire on Saturday 15 December. Visitors were evacuated ... More

Aisen Nikolaev, the acting head of Russia’s Sakha Republic, has said that plans to resurrect the extinct woolly mammoth through cloning, could see a unique ... More

The Omaha Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium is set to launch its brand new US$22m (€18.8m, £16.4m) Asian Highlands Exhibit, taking visitors to the Himalayan ... More

California's San Diego Zoo will later this month open a brand new US$17.4m (€14.6m, £12.8m) Australian enclosure, which is to debut on 25 May. Called ... More

Dame Vera Lynn has backed an urgent call to raise £1m (US$1.3m, €1.1m) before the end of the month in order to fund the purchase ... More

Northumberland’s long-awaited Landscape Discovery Centre and Youth Hostel at Hadrian’s Wall – known as “The Sill” – will open to the public this weekend (29 ... More

Chester Zoo will redevelop 100 acres (405,000sq m) of its existing site into grassland and forest areas as part of a £100m (US$130.4m, €113m) development ... More

Architecture competition organiser Bee Breeders have revealed the winners of its latest challenge: a task to design a meditation and wellness camp in one of ... More

Historic buildings in Northern Ireland will be restored and Kent's natural heritage will be secured after two projects won grants of more than £5m (US$6.25m, ... More

Hospitality group Taj Safaris has opened its first lodge outside of India; a traditionally designed retreat within a national park once used as a hunting ... More

The Omaha Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium has launched its brand new US$73m (€65.4m, £49.9m) fully immersive outdoor African Grasslands exhibit. Covering 113,312sq m (1,200,000sq ... More

Interior designer Inge Moore and her studio, The Gallery HBA, have redesigned an island safari lodge in Botswana, creating a luxury getaway inspired by the ... More

Newcastle-based architects Jane Darbyshire and David Kendall’s (JDDK) long-touted Landscape Discovery Centre and Youth Hostel at Hadrian's Wall in England’s Northumberland National Park is set ... More

John Burgess, managing director of Sydney Zoo and founder of Sydney Aquarium, has announced plans for an AU$36m (US$25m, €22.3m, £16.3m) second zoo in Sydney, ... More

Following a US$25m (€21.5m, £16.4m) renovation of its aquarium earlier this year, Toledo Zoo has drafted a US$94.25m (€86m, £60.8m) masterplan which, if approved, would ... More

Actor Leonardo DiCaprio has unveiled plans to open an eco-resort on his private island in Belize in partnership with New York-based real estate firm Delos, ... More

A US$70m (€50.5m, £41.6m) full immersion outdoor habitat project has been announced by Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium. Covering 113,312sq m (1,200,000sq ft), African ... More

Natural heritage in the UK is set to receive a £5m boost for two projects after the Heritage Lottery Fund announced a new £16m round ... More

The Wild Place Project, Bristol’s new family attraction, that displays eco-systems from around the world, has opened to the public. The new attraction, located just ... More

An £20m eco-friendly hotel has opened at the University of Nottingham, adjacent to the campus’s conference centre and landscaped gardens. The Orchard, funded entirely by ... More

Compass Group UK & Ireland's Leisure team - which operates the catering outlets at Edinburgh Zoo - has, in partnership with 442 Design, re-designed three ... More