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Adelaide Zoo is celebrating World Binturong Day with a tasty treat and a campaign to rename the species to Bintu-right! “Five-year-old Jakarta is quite a character,” said Senior Keeper Arliah Hayward, “He can be a bit elusive but he does…

No matter if you’re a cub, pup or bub everyone loves spending time with the special mum in their lives! This is no exception for the species at Zoos SA, who have shared some adorable cuddly moments in the lead…

In late March, we reported a Green Turtle had been found stranded at Middleton Beach and was recuperating at Adelaide Zoo after a rescue undertaken by the Department for Environment and Water, the Wildlife Welfare Organisation SA Inc. (WWO), Dr…

Zoos SA’s birthday treat for YOU – kids go free and wild at the zoo this May! This May, Adelaide Zoo is celebrating its 140th birthday and what better way to mark the occasion than to give back to the…

It’s World Tapir Day and keepers at Adelaide Zoo put their minds and trunks into creating a special day for two of the four species that currently survive in the wild in Central and South America and Southeast Asia. Adelaide…

Light Creatures is back and it’s brighter than ever! A shining beacon of conservation swooping into Adelaide Zoo from 29 June – 23 July 2023, this year’s event promises to warm even the coldest of winter nights. Joining favourites Panda…

The Easter Bilby has visited the furry, feathered and scaly residents at Zoo SA to bring some special treats to celebrate the long weekend. Along with colourful Easter enrichment items created by Zoos SA’s Behaviour and Environmental Enrichment of Zoo…

Get ready Adelaide – Delilah and Kembali’s three little Sumatran Tiger cubs are ready to prowl and growl hello to the world! The furry trio are set to make their official public debut tomorrow, Friday 7 April, just in time…

Wildlife organisations come together to rescue Green Turtle A very spe-shell visitor has popped into Adelaide Zoo for some rest and recuperation. Last week, teams from Zoos SA, the Department for Environment and Water, the Wildlife Welfare Organisation SA Inc….

Adelaide Zoo on the prowl and growl for paw-fect tiger cub name! She’s already a chuffingly sweet tiger cub with her dash of stripes, little white whiskers, super large paws and the bluest eyes – and with the public’s help, she’ll…

Watch the adorable video here! Adelaide Zoo’s two-and-a-half month old Sumatran Tiger cubs are growing up growly, stripy and ready to pounce! The fluffy felines had their second health check last week with the zoo’s dedicated keeping and veterinary team….

Meet the newest furry faces at Adelaide Zoo – Daphne and Benedict the Blackbuck! The tiny duo were born at Monarto Safari Park, but unfortunately due to animal welfare reasons they had to be removed from the herd. Keepers and veterinary…

Zoos SA has celebrated World Wildlife Day today by making the big journey across two states to release 21 little locally-extinct Red-tailed Phascogales into the wild. The tiny mammals will be reintroduced tonight to Mallee Cliffs National Park in NSW…

Meet Matumi! Adelaide Zoo’s leggy seven-week-old giraffe calf has been given the perfect moniker thanks to a public naming competition. The little calf made his official debut out and about at Adelaide Zoo today, where Assistant Curator of Ungulates and…

What better way to cool down than with a fish-filled ice-block? That’s the way the Meerkats at Adelaide Zoo kept their cool today at Adelaide Zoo! Along with their fishy treats, the carnivorous mob were given ice blood pops to…

Zoos SA is seeing red about the extinction of species and is going green on the first ever IUCN Reverse the Red Day! “When you visit Adelaide Zoo and Monarto Safari Park you’ll see the conservation status of a species…

The Black-and-White Colobus troop has welcomed a new addition – the first of the species to be born at Adelaide Zoo. Since joining the world on Monday afternoon, the little one has been cared for by first-time mum 12-year-old, Adale,…

Everyone’s favourite rascal Red Panda, Ravi, turns eight tomorrow! The birthday boy had an early panda party celebration today complete with colourfully-decorated enrichment filled with bamboo shoots, grapes, pear and sweet potato. Keeper, Jemma Cleere, said to make Ravi’s celebration…

Hoppy Lunar New Year! Today marks the beginning of the lunar calendar year and in 2023, we welcome in the Year of the Rabbit. Signifying new beginnings and overcoming obstacles, Adelaide Zoo’s three rabbits, Basil, Pepper and Rocket, celebrated the…

There are plenty of reasons to shellabrate at Zoos SA with species across both sites welcoming an influx of eggciting eggs! At Adelaide Zoo, it has been a record laying year for Little Penguin, with seven chicks hatching over the…

As temperatures soared around the state, the animals at Adelaide Zoo beat the heat thanks to some refreshing and tasty enrichment from their keepers. With the thermometer reaching 38c, cooling off the animals was a top priority for the keepers….

Here’s a Friday warm fuzzy from Adelaide Zoo! Take a peek at the zoo’s newest resident, a little one-week-old giraffe calf, tucking into his milk bottle from keepers. The calf was born at Monarto Safari Park to 17-year-old Thula last…

Doting Sumatran Tiger dad, Kembali, has ripped open some meat-filled enrichment to share the genders of his three cubs! After tearing through the colourful enrichment created by Adelaide Zoo’s BEEZA (Behaviour and Environmental Enrichment of Zoo Animals) team, he revealed the…

Adelaide Zoo has a new long-legged arrival! Yesterday, Monarto Safari Park welcomed its fifth calf within a year to 17-year-old Thula. While initial signs of bonding between mum and bub were promising, it was apparent this morning that the calf…

Here’s to a fluffy feel-good Friday! What better way to brighten your day than with an adorable video of Adelaide Zoo’s critically-endangered Cotton-top Tamarin twins. The inquisitive little ones have started to explore off of mum Peppa and dad Gomez’…

He’s made his list, checked it twice and now Santa Paws has paid a special Christmas Eve visit to Zoos SA. The big man in red had some extra help from the volunteer BEEZA (Behaviour and Environmental Enrichment of Zoo…

The first ever critically-endangered Sumatran Tiger cubs to be born at Adelaide Zoo have arrived safe, sound and extremely snuggly in the Year of the Tiger. “There’s a whole puddle of stripy little legs, arms and tails in the cubbing…

All mums know the challenge of getting comfy in your third trimester – including six-year-old tigress Delilah! Adelaide Zoo is purring with excitement for the impending birth of Sumatran Tiger cubs, with the den cam up and running ready to…

Staff and volunteers at Adelaide Zoo are crossing their paws for the safe arrival of Sumatran Tiger cubs in the Lunar Year of the Tiger! Life Sciences staff at the zoo today announced that six-year-old Delilah is expecting cubs, due…

You can ‘bettong’ this making your Friday! A critically-endangered Brush-tailed Bettong joey has made his debut in the Adelaide Zoo Nocturnal House. The fluffy five-month-old joey is the offspring of five-year-old Truffles and 13-year-old Rambo, who has become well-known as an…

Rolling up their sleeves and getting stuck in for conservation is nothing new to the staff and volunteers at Zoos SA but it is when their sleeves are rolled up for a tattoo! Some of Zoos SA’s plucky staff and volunteers ‘got inked…

Adelaide Zoo is bursting with excitement to announce a set of critically-endangered Cotton-top Tamarin twins have joined the zoo family. Born to seven-year-old Peppa and 12-year-old Gomez, the tiny twosome are two-weeks old and have been clinging onto their mum…

A duo of Little Penguin chicks waddled their way to the Animal Health Department at Adelaide Zoo this week to have a check-up before joining the colony. Fluffy five-week-old Kipper and seven-week-old Fry were both in good health and were…

Adelaide Zoo and sister site Monarto Safari Park have been named Plastic-Free Champions by Deputy Premier Susan Close, Minister for Climate, Environment & Water. Both Zoos SA sites were named Plastic Free Champions after eliminating key plastic items including straws,…

Celebrating the amazing work of our Animal Health Department on Vet Nurse Day Who can resist a little puggle snuggle on a Friday? Adelaide Zoo would like to introduce you to its newest arrival, Kathari (cut-tree), which means ‘prickle’ in…

What is lean, green and knows how to work a machine – the Adelaide Zoo horticulture team! Today is Energy Efficiency Day, and Zoos SA is celebrating another wonderful addition to the line-up of initiatives helping us protect the environment….

He caused pandemonium when he went for a stroll over to the Botanic Park but now Ravi, the Red Panda, is back on display at Adelaide Zoo and just in time for the school holidays. “Ravi had to complete a…

Adelaide Zoo is celebrating the birthday of Gordon, the Little Penguin who at 21 years of age is the oldest Little Penguin in captivity in Australia! While most 21-year-olds will hit the bars and clubs, Gordon was more interested in…

To mark National Threatened Species Day, Zoos SA has brought back the extinct Tasmanian Tiger, albeit in spirit. Keeper Meg Williams presented a keeper talk about the Tasmanian Tiger complete with a cardboard-constructed tiger made by the Zoos SA BEEZA…

Every bear that ever there was gathered at Adelaide Zoo today to celebrate two very special black and white birthdays! Visitors, keepers and volunteers came together to wish Giant Pandas Fu Ni and Wang Wang a Happy Birthday and enjoy…

Adelaide Zoo animals warm up with wintery enrichment Looking for a fun day out this weekend? Join in the winter fun at Adelaide Zoo this Sunday (31 July) as the furry, feathered and scaly residents enjoy a special Winter Enrichment celebration. Throughout the…

You’d be forgiven for thinking there was magic in the air today, as a real-life dragon roamed the grounds at Adelaide Zoo! Making his way along a special path set out by keepers, the zoo welcomed 10-year-old male Komodo Dragon,…

Warm your heart with Zoos SA’s EOFY appeal Frosty mornings across the state this week have not only been felt by humans but also by the animals at Adelaide Zoo and Monarto Safari Park! After the city recorded its coldest…

Apey Birthday Niran, Cheche and Benito! It was a primate party at Adelaide Zoo this week with two species celebrating big birthdays. Siamang, Niran, turned 33 years old today and was treated to colourful presents filled with fruit including grapes…

An adorable bettong joey has bounced his way into the hearts of Adelaide Zoo keepers and brought hope for his critically-endangered species. Keepers were delighted to spot the little Brush-tailed Bettong in the pouch of five-year-old Truffles last month. Now…

Keepers at Adelaide Zoo have revealed they’ve had their hands full hand-raising a tiny Warru joey. When the male Black-flanked Rock-wallaby arrived in early April, he weighed just 250g (the same as a cup of sugar) and was only starting…

The rain hasn’t dampened spirits at Zoos SA today with lots to celebrate around both Adelaide Zoo and Monarto Safari Park. Not only did much-loved Pygmy Hippopotamus Obi celebrate his seventh birthday but Cooper the Barn Owl turned 22-years-old becoming…

Keepers at Adelaide Zoo held a weighing day for the smallest, most slippery and scaly of inhabitants. Adelaide Zoo’s Envirodome hosts over 700 animals and is a popular destination for visitors looking to get up close to fascinating reptiles, amphibians,…

Budding South Australian citizen scientists are encouraged to help the National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) to help save our endangered Australian sea lions by logging into the Sea lion Spotter portal over the next two weeks as part of a data…

Welcome to our new zoo-comers – tall, horny and furry! It’s been a busy few months at Zoos SA with both sites welcoming some adorable new residents. Across the Mallee plains of Monarto, Volta the giraffe has joined the herd…