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Keepers at Howletts Wild Animal Park, recently put a festive spin to their enrichment for the holiday season, in the form of Christmas stockings stuffed with tasty treats. The brightly coloured stockings were hung in the lemur garden habitat and…

 The Royal Engineers Museum in Gillingham is set to host a colourful community tribute of respect and remembrance with the opening of the 5,000 Poppies exhibition on Tuesday 31st October.   The display which features knitted, crocheted and felt poppies crafted…

Four western lowland gorilla brothers from Port Lympne Reserve are bound for Congo as part of The Aspinall Foundation’s Back To The Wild initiative. This October, The Aspinall Foundation, a world leading conservation charity based in Kent, will transport four…

English Heritage announces today the opening of a new permanent exhibition at Deal Castle in Kent, revealing how Henry VIII’s fears for the safety and security of his realm shaped the country’s defences and his own married life. With new…

Wildlife, bugs and beasties are the inspiration behind the fragrant floral interpretation of an English country garden, which caught the attention of the judges at the RHS Hampton Court Palace Flower Show 2017 to win ‘Best Exhibit in the Floral…

  Red Squirrel rewilding project gets boost from bumper year of new babies. - Amazing images of Wildwood’s rare Red Squirrel babies have been captured, marking a huge boost to save this rare species and help return them across the UK.…

Costumes worn by Kenneth Branagh, Harry Styles and Fionn Whitehead in the Warner Bros. Pictures release go on display   Located in the secret wartime tunnels beneath the castle, where the massive rescue attempt at Dunkirk was conceived in May-June…

Conservationists are celebrating as the first ever baby chough chick is born at the Wildwood Trust conservation centre.  Expert conservationists at the Canterbury based charity say this is the first ever chough to be born in Kent in at least…