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The ibex are in rut
The male ibexes are currently "pleading" for the favor of the females with a special posture.
The males tilt their heads back and raise their tails. The animals stick out their tongues to smell the female's scent hormones. Experience the mating season as a special animal spectacle!
Winter season - partly reduced opening hours!
Sihlwald: Please note that during the winter season in Sihlwald, the restaurant, the nature museum and the visitor center are closed until 25 March. However, the area with playground, fire pits, aquarium and otter enclosure will remain freely accessi...
The rats discover the garden
Grand opening
The time has come: the extension of the Norway rat enclosure with outdoor area and swimming pond is complete. On Saturday, Zurich Old Town Councillor Richard Wolff and Karin Hindenlang Clerc, Managing Director of the Zurich Wilderness Park Foundation, officially opened the new attraction for people and animals in Langenberg.
With the new rat garden, we enable visitors to encounter a widespread yet little-known animal that feeds on our waste in the "wild". If rats turn up unexpectedly, the "yuck" is usually not far away. Why is that?
The Norway rat is one of the most succe...
Insects in the forest - diverse, amazing and indispensable
Insects" wilderness day on September 25
Up to 60,000 insect species live in Switzerland. However, only half of these have been researched. The "Insects" wilderness day offers visitors to the Zurich Wilderness Park the opportunity to find out more about these small creatures.
Time and place: Sihlwald, Sunday, September 25 from 1.30 to 4.30 pm.
Alpine longhorned bees, long-horned beetles and spherical beetles - Beat Wermelinger, insect researcher at the Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL), knows them all. On September 25, he will take interested visitors on...
Wisent Thal" project
The shaggy giants have arrived in the Jura!
The go-ahead has been given for a pioneering species conservation project in the Solothurn municipality of Welschenrohr: Here, the "Wisent Thal" association wants to investigate whether the European bison can be reintroduced to Switzerland. On September 15, five young bison from the Zurich Langenberg Wilderness Park arrived in the Thal district.
Would it be possible to reintroduce free-ranging bison (Bison bonasus) to the Swiss Jura? - This is precisely the question that the "Wisent Thal" association wants to answer with a well-monitored and supervised test herd. After many years of preparatio...
Papa Moll in the Zurich Wilderness Park!
The well-known Swiss children's book character Papa Moll has two reasons to celebrate this year! Firstly, in the latest volume, which will be published on September 16, the Moll family visits the Zurich Wilderness Park for the first time. And secondly...
Hochwachtstrasse/Albis timber mill
The Hochwachtstrasse will be heavily used until the end of October due to logging work and timber transportation. The road is still open to pedestrians and cyclists, but caution is advised. You can avoid the logging via a marked, short section (30m) on a trail through the forest. Cyclists must push their bikes along this short section.
Schnabelweg: Path open again
Observe signaling
The Schnabelweg was closed for a long time due to a landslide. Now the route is open again - but only as a trail. Good footwear is therefore recommended on this route. Please stay on the path so as not to unnecessarily disturb the flora and fauna in ...
New pair of otters in Zurich Wilderness Park
The otter enclosure at Langenberg Animal Park in Sihlwald has gained another attraction: two more otters have been living here for a few days now. The pair will hopefully produce offspring next spring; the two previous animals are already a little older and can enjoy their retirement in the Zurich Wilderness Park.
Otters are among the public's favorites at the Zurich Wilderness Park. This week, the chance of spotting one of the charming "water martens" has doubled. A second pair has moved into the otter enclosure in Sihlwald. The animals are both just one year ol...
The rat garden takes shape
Follow the construction work digitally
Because rats like water, they will soon have access to a pond in Langenberg. We are following the construction work and giving our guests an insight into what is happening on site - even from the comfort of their sofa. Follow the construction of the new facility!
The fencing has now also been installed: the experts opted for a particularly solid chrome steel grid. It can withstand the rats' sharp teeth in the long term. The pond basin is also ready for the first water filling. The animals can be seen swimming ...
