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Taronga Western Plains Zoo has won the Inland NSW Tourism Award for Best Tourist Attraction for the third consecutive year at an awards ceremony held…
Posted on 28th July 2014 by Media Relations
Taronga Western Plains Zoo’s Education team is excited to announce the commencement of a newly developed program called Makin’ TRACKS.
Posted on 28th July 2014 by Media Relations
Taronga Wildlife Hospital will receive a new commercial grade blender and mixer to prepare food for rescued and rehabilitated wildlife.
Posted on 25th July 2014 by Media Relations
Green Anacondas can grow to be the heaviest snakes in the world, with reports of some reaching close to nine metres and weighing in at nearly 250kg!
Posted on 24th July 2014 by Media Relations
For many of us, getting around is taken for granted. We start crawling, and then eventually start walking. Our level of skill increases with both…
Posted on 18th July 2014 by Media Relations
The trees of Taronga’s Amazonia exhibit have come alive with the arrival of 12 female Squirrel Monkeys from a French zoo.
Posted on 17th July 2014 by Media Relations
Clever little Tom, the Ring-tailed possum, has built his own nest to keep warm this winter.
Posted on 16th July 2014 by Media Relations
Over the past two weeks Taronga Western Plains Zoo’s school holiday program, Zoo Adventures was brimming with eager children keen to learn about…
Posted on 15th July 2014 by Media Relations
Posted on 10th July 2014 by Media Relations
Keepers from Taronga Zoo recently returned from Kosciuszko National Park where they released hundreds of Southern Corroboree Frog eggs after another…
Posted on 01st July 2014 by Media Relations
Recently, Lima the Siamang Ape celebrated turning two years old and is now very independent.
Posted on 26th June 2014 by Media Relations
There are some new kids on the block out on the African Savannah with Giraffe males, Njanu and Kindu, joining our resident bachelor boys, Mbala and…
Posted on 20th June 2014 by Media Relations