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Can you tell your cats from your dingoes? Your wallabies from your wallaroos? Then Dingo? Bingo! is your chance to identify dingoes (and other…
Posted on 28th April 2022 by Media Relations
Taronga Western Plains Zoo has continued its breeding success for the critically endangered Regent Honeyeater in just its second year in the…
Posted on 28th April 2022 by Media Relations
Ringtail possums prefer to live in groups, which is why these orphans were grouped together before being released to the wild.
Posted on 22nd April 2022 by Media Relations
Keep an eye out right now for vulnerable little penguins if you're near to a colony site.
Posted on 21st April 2022 by Media Relations
Surrogate mum and vet nurse Liz McConnell is happy to report that Weja the echida is showing all the right behaviours.
Posted on 21st April 2022 by Media Relations
The excitement mounts as the time draws near when the international icon for gorilla conservation will make his new home in one of Australia’s most…
Posted on 20th April 2022 by Media Relations
Koalas and other threatened species are to be given a safe haven, in a first-of-its-kind 5,000-hectare Box-Gum Woodland Rewilding Reserve, led by…
Posted on 20th April 2022 by Media Relations
Many of us have had the experience of getting the wrong song words stuck in our brain – once they’re committed to memory it’s a battle to correct…
Posted on 31st March 2022 by Media Relations
Taronga Western Plains Zoo is very excited about a little Quokka head popping out of its mum’s pouch in the Australian walk-through exhibit.
Posted on 31st March 2022 by Media Relations
Taronga Western Plains Zoo received the Bronze Award in the Major Tourist Attraction category at the Australian Tourism Awards ceremony on Friday…
Posted on 31st March 2022 by Media Relations
Our oceans need our help. Almost 90% of the world’s fish stocks are depleted, over-exploited or fished up to their limit. This is bad news for the…
Posted on 21st March 2022 by Media Relations
A lucky echidna was plucked from recent flood waters and is recuperating at Taronga Wildlife Hospital.
Posted on 17th March 2022 by Media Relations