After a ten-week shutdown, Fota Wildlife Park in Cork is back open from 20th December. Enhanced biosecurity measures remain in place.

The black-tailed skimmer dragonfly was spotted by volunteers at the Bog Meadows Nature Reserve in west Belfast.

Cleo, five, had only arrived at Edinburgh Zoo two months ago.

A chick has been bred in Co Fermanagh.

During the closure, a temporary 'Dead Zoo Lab' will open at Collins Barracks

Campaigner Mervyn Storey said a funding package was desperately needed to preserve the future of the Dark Hedges in Co Antrim.