Monthly Archives: November 2016

This week, Adelaide Zoo’s veterinary team performed a general health check on 18-year-old Sumatran Tiger Tuan. Life expectancy for Sumatran Tigers in zoos is about 20 years, so it is important for our veterinary team to perform regular age-related health…

Adelaide Zoo is a buzz with excitement as we welcome a bouncing baby Hamadryas Baboon to our wild family. Born in the early hours of Thursday, 27 October, the six-day-old infant is the second offspring born to parents Chappi and…

Some new feathered-friends have joined the Adelaide Zoo family, with the hatching of two adorable Black-winged Stilt Chicks. Bird Keeper Emma Macchia has been busily caring for the new arrivals, which hatched mid-September. Raising the chicks was no small feat,…