For now, the cubs remain in the nesting box, sleeping and nursing with their mother, and are not yet visible to the public.

The young drill is the offspring of nine-year-old mother Lewa and 10-year-old father Ekona.

The programme opens this year with the Wild Science Weekend on July 12 and 13

Funded by the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage over a four-year period, the works included structural roof repairs, revitalisation of the house’s Regency interiors, and the conservation of the McCarthy 19th-century landscape art collection.

The meerkat pups were born to mother Biggy and dad Snaggles, who previously welcomed another three pups together earlier this year. With these new arrivals, the Meerkat mob now stands at 16 strong.

Noinin will be integrated into the giraffe herd as part of a carefully managed breeding programme aimed at supporting the survival of the species, and will live in a mixed species habitat.

Proceeds from the deposit return points will benefit Cobh Tidy Towns, Fota Wildlife Park, and Cobh Community Hospital.

The recent spring births at Fota Wildlife Park mark a significant success in the park’s endangered species breeding programme, increasing the total number of ring-tailed lemurs in the troop to 18.

Available until June 8, the Panoramic Wheel is an optional, ticketed experience, with admission priced from €5 per person.

The event, launched by Olympian Marian Heffernan, alongside her two daughters, Regan and Tara, will take place on May 15, with the gates opening from 6.30pm.

Fota Wildlife Park is inviting the public to help name its newest arrival.

It opens to the public tomorrow. 

The Sumatran tiger is one of the rarest species of tiger in the world, classified as critically endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) in 2008.

A post-mortem examination will be carried out to find the cause of death.

Fota Wildlife Park’s day-to-day operations continue as normal.

Lead Ranger, Teresa Power said Biggy had been closely monitored by the animal care team for possible pregnancy after a noticeable weight gain in May.

Fota is calling on people to help them choose names for the new arrivals. 

Cork’s five-star Fota Island Resort has teamed up with ePower, and installed six dual AC chargers on site, as well as a180KW Dual socket DC charger, the fastest of its kind in the area.

Fota Wildlife Park is now calling on the public to help name the baby sloth whose gender is not yet known, to be in with a chance to win a conservation annual pass.

Visitors to Fota Wildlife Park are invited to attend the themed educational events, which are free with entry and begin with the Mad Scientist Weekend on Saturday and Sunday July 13 and 14.

The park is now calling on the public to help name the three male cubs, who are among seven Asiatic lions at Fota.

At the official opening of the new Education, Conservations and Research Centre at Fota Wildlife Park, which takes place today, we chat to Daniel Moloney, who is studying for a PhD with Fota Wildlife Park and UCC

When capable of flying, the birds will be released back into their native habitats.

The public is asked to help name the five baby ring-tailed lemurs, which are part of an endangered species.

She ran the discovery and learning department at Dublin Zoo for nine years.

The baby was born to mother Kimani and father Tom on January 8

The Wildlife Park is inviting the public to have their say in naming the new baby.

The new centre is co-funded by the Government, via the Office of Public Works (OPW).

As Fota Wildlife Park prepares to host a Bug Bonanza this weekend, we chat to Lynda McSweeney, Head of Education at the park.

They were bred through a joint conservation project between the National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) and Fota Wildlife Park.

The three cubs, one male and two female, were born on June 9 and have spent the past few weeks in their nesting box in the Asian Sanctuary at Fota Wildlife Park, sleeping, feeding, and being nursed by their mother.

The park will host a variety of different guests and events suitable for families and kids of all ages

The new arrival comes as Fota Wildlife Park marks 40 years of conservation, education, research, and breeding of endangered animals

Fota Wildlife Park hosts the annual Cheetah Run in conjunction with Eagle AC and each year the funds raised are used to support the Wildlife Park’s research and conservation projects.

All primates were born in Fota Wildlife Park in March

Paddy O’Reilly will be flying the flag for Cork and Fota Wildlife Park on his travels to the USA.

This bird is not a danger to the public and will fly away from people if approached.

Elaine Whelan 

Fota made history in September as the first ever baby Indian rhino ever to be born in Ireland was born at the wildlife park. 

Fota Wildlife Park is asking the public to help name the new male rhino calf.

Six-year-old Yali arrived at Fota Wildlife Park earlier this month and has undergone routine acclimatisation to his new habitat in the Asian Sanctuary.

But thanks to an ‘eagle-eyed’ corncrake field worker, a farmer, a team of dedicated conservation experts, and Cork’s Fota Wildlife Park, here are nine of the luckiest corncrakes in the country.

 The new €5m project is set to start construction next month.

Fota Wildlife Park is asking for the public's help naming the three new arrivals.

Olympian Aoife Cooke launched the 5-kilometre Cheetah Run at Fota Wildlife Park, which marks its return on Thursday, May 19 after a two-year hiatus due to the pandemic.

The new baby is particularly good news as the Columbian black spider monkey is critically endangered, due to hunting, habitat destruction and a long birth cycle.

Fota's lead ranger said that the park has been such a quiet place since he became ill. 

The 2030 Vision Plan was officially launched today by Taoiseach Micheál Martin.

Fota Wildlife Park upgraded its sea wall in recent months as increased sea levels, caused by the climate crisis, had damaged the initial structure and resulted in flooding of the park, inside the wall, during storms.

VISITOR numbers at Fota Wildlife Park this year will exceed all records, despite being closed for four months, if no further restrictions are introduced in 2021.