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![Goanna goes home](/sites/default/files/styles/overview_image_style/public/content/header-images/news/Goanna_2880x875.jpg?itok=t-NAhp_Y)
An ill and injured Lace Monitor has been safely returned home after a 6-week stint at the Wildlife Hospital at Taronga Western Plains Zoo.
Posted on 08th April 2024 by Media Relations
![From crisis to conservation](/sites/default/files/styles/overview_image_style/public/content/header-images/news/Turtle_2.jpg?itok=27nlqKiw)
In a significant milestone for one of the most critically endangered species in NSW, a further 97 zoo-bred juvenile Bellinger River snapping turtles…
Posted on 05th April 2024 by Media Relations
![Seal pup Eve makes public debut at Taronga Zoo Sydney](/sites/default/files/styles/overview_image_style/public/content/header-images/news/eve_2880x875.jpg?itok=eNsEnV4_)
Three-month-old Long-nosed Fur Seal pup Eve is ready to dive in the deep end at Taronga Zoo – literally. Marine Keepers at Taronga Zoo Sydney have…
Posted on 27th March 2024 by Media Relations
![First-ever platypus translocation in NSW results in breeding success](/sites/default/files/styles/overview_image_style/public/content/header-images/news/Royal-National-Park-Platypus-Translocation_Platypus-Juvenile_2880.jpg?itok=9_viTQII)
Scientists and researchers have discovered a juvenile platypus in the Royal National Park, less than a year after ten platypuses were returned to the…
Posted on 21st March 2024 by Media Relations
![A big leap for a tiny frog](/sites/default/files/styles/overview_image_style/public/content/header-images/news/corroborree-frog2880x875.jpg?itok=J4LbCzrv)
In a significant stride in the conservation for one of Australia's most threatened amphibians, Taronga Conservation Society Australia has…
Posted on 20th March 2024 by Media Relations
![Baby boom hits Taronga Zoo](/sites/default/files/styles/overview_image_style/public/content/header-images/news/Pygmy_header_2880x875.jpg?itok=bQFLD-ge)
With the Easter long weekend and autumn school holidays just around the corner, Taronga Zoo Sydney has a spring in their steps as a baby boom spreads…
Posted on 20th March 2024 by Media Relations
![How To Get To Taronga Zoo, Using Sydney Public Transport](/sites/default/files/styles/overview_image_style/public/content/header-images/news/Bus_2880x875.jpg?itok=c_hwOgNw)
Posted on 27th February 2024 by Media Relations
![Taronga's Reef Recovery Program](/sites/default/files/styles/overview_image_style/public/content/header-images/news/2880x875_ocean_banner.jpg?itok=xProC6QU)
The Great Barrier Reef and other reef systems around the world are threatened by multiple processes, particularly warming and ocean acidification as…
Posted on 16th February 2024 by Media Relations
![Pygmy Hippo Calf born at Taronga Zoo Sydney!](/sites/default/files/styles/overview_image_style/public/content/header-images/news/Pygmy_banner_2880x875.jpg?itok=pbUzcYFW)
Taronga Zoo Sydney are celebrating World Hippo Day with a huge announcement of the birth and public debut of a four-week-old female Pygmy…
Posted on 15th February 2024 by Media Relations
![Platypus Rescue HQ opens!](/sites/default/files/styles/overview_image_style/public/content/header-images/news/PlatHQ_2880x875.jpg?itok=2k70CNY4)
The world’s largest purpose-built platypus conservation centre is officially open, with guests to Taronga Western Plains Zoo able to see this iconic…
Posted on 13th February 2024 by Media Relations
![Taronga's Wildlife Hospital Nurtures Australian Icons: Puggle and Koala Joey](/sites/default/files/styles/overview_image_style/public/content/header-images/news/Echidna_2880x875.jpg?itok=5Vj9dsRD)
Two members of Taronga's dedicated wildlife hospital team are currently undertaking the heartwarming task of hand-raising two of Australia'…
Posted on 11th February 2024 by Media Relations
![International Zebra Day](/sites/default/files/styles/overview_image_style/public/content/header-images/news/World_zebra_Day_2880x875.jpg?itok=szsio5bo)
Zebras are an iconic animal of the African landscape, an adaptable and incredibly successful large herbivore, more than up to the task of conquering…
Posted on 06th February 2024 by Media Relations