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In the last six weeks one of our Bowerbirds has produced not one, but two clutches of chicks. I was lucky enough to witness the saga right from the…
Posted on 02nd February 2011 by Media Relations
Keepers at Taronga Western Plains Zoo have been selling Tiger themed calendars across the latter half of 2010 to help raise funds for programs that…
Posted on 31st January 2011 by Media Relations
These school holidays the Zoo Adventurers have gone undercover as their favourite goblins, elves, fairies and trolls to track down the dragon that…
Posted on 31st January 2011 by Media Relations
Our Gorilla group has expanded from eight to nine, and our Primate keepers witnessed the whole birth!
Posted on 28th January 2011 by Media Relations
There has been a changing of the guard in Taronga Western Plains Zoo’s Otter group.
Posted on 26th January 2011 by Media Relations
A koala jumping from branch to branch is something that most people are surprised to see but it’s something that happens often.
Posted on 20th January 2011 by Media Relations
It is with a heavy heart that I write this blog. It is my sad duty if you may, to report that on Tuesday 11th January Taronga Zoo lost its oldest…
Posted on 18th January 2011 by Media Relations
This morning Australasia’s oldest Kodiak Bear Bethyl, celebrated her 34th birthday which included a choir of Roar and Snore guests singing ‘Happy…
Posted on 17th January 2011 by Media Relations
Over the past month the Zoo has welcomed two Wapiti fawns, a female born on 11 December 2010 named Kasha meaning fur robe in Native American and a…
Posted on 13th January 2011 by Media Relations
It’s just over two years since Taronga became home to 10 wild caught quokkas from Rottnest Island, West Australia, and they’ve certainly settled in…
Posted on 05th January 2011 by Media Relations
On the 7th of November, an orphaned baby Flying Fox called ‘Duruga’ was brought into the Taronga Wildlife Hospital and into my life. I became his ‘…
Posted on 04th January 2011 by Media Relations
With Taronga’s magnificent view of the Sydney skyline, many visitors ask what happens to our animals on New Year’s Eve and during other celebrations…
Posted on 31st December 2010 by Media Relations