It replaces the old reptile house at London Zoo, and hosts some of the world’s stranger and lesser known creatures, supporting their conservation, captive breeding programmes and research that ...

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London Zoo's Aquarium takes pride in being the world's first-ever public facility of its ... the structure was meticulously crafted through passion and using large sheets of glass for viewing the ...

The zoo, in London's Regents Park, had the first public fish house, insect house, reptile house, and built the first walk-through aviary. It also came up with the word aquarium, a portmanteau of ...

LONDON (AP) — From alpacas to zebras — and lots of birds, reptiles and invertebrates in between — London Zoo on Friday is taking stock of what it possesses. The annual census of the zoo’s ...