Visitor numbers at the zoo doubled overnight. Speaking to The Herald, David Field, chief executive the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS) which runs Edinburgh Zoo, said: "She is still ...

Opened in 1913, Edinburgh Zoo has been a Mecca for generations of animal-mad Scottish schoolkids. Set up on an 83-acre site on Corstophine Hill in the capital, the zoo was one of the first to have ...

Visitors at Edinburgh Zoo can now see silverback gorillas in their natural habitat thanks to a new virtual reality experience launched by the wildlife charity. Did you know with a Digital ...

Edinburgh Zoo has welcomed a "famous" capybara that gained popularity on TikTok last year. On Thursday, the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland revealed that 11-month-old Rodney had arrived in ...

Keen Edinburgh locals and tourists were pictured in huge queues at the zoo over the weekend amid a mini-heatwave. On Saturday, April 12, crowds of people flocked to the popular tourist attraction and ...

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The Grand Depart of the Tour de France 2027 - the start of the course - will take place in Edinburgh for cyclists in the 114th edition of Le Tour ...

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While the 2025 Tour de France will start in Lille, the Edinburgh start will mark the fifth foreign start in six years, after Copenhagen in 2022, Bilbao in 2023, Florence in 2024 and Barcelona in 2026.

The men's and women's Tour de France will both begin in Britain in 2027, with Edinburgh to stage the men's Grand Depart. Three stages in each of the events will take place in Britain with Scotland ...