The three-month-old African black-footed penguins, named Bamm-Bamm and Pebbles, are being hand-reared at Whipsnade Zoo.

BBC: Endangered penguin chicks hand-reared at Whipsnade Zoo

Chimpanzees enjoy trying to solve brainteasers, according to research done at Bedfordshire's Whipsnade Zoo.

BBC: Chimpanzee at Whipsnade Zoo

The seven-month-old Bennett's wallaby, Tilly, was found on the ground at Whipsnade Zoo a month ago.

BBC: Whipsnade Zoo wallaby uses rucksack as substitute pouch

Dubai gave birth to five cubs at Whipsnade two years ago.

BBC: North African cheetahs born at Whipsnade Zoo

Dubai has been at Whipsnade for five years.

BBC: North African cheetahs born at Whipsnade Zoo

Marion Petrie and her colleagues at the University of Newcastle and the University of Sheffield tackled this question by studying a couple of hundred of these flighty creatures strutting their stuff at an animal park at Whipsnade, near London.

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