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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 habitat 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…

At Zoos SA we think all mums ‘quokk’! From our keepers, volunteers, and visitors to our furry, feathered and scaled friends, there certainly are some brilliant mums and mother-figures in our community. To celebrate Mother’s Day this weekend, the newest…

Happy Easter Sunday! The Easter bilby has paid a seasonal visit to a variety of animals at both Adelaide Zoo and Monarto Safari Park, sharing wonderful Easter-themed enrichment created by the BEEZA group. Keepers treated their furry friends to Easter-themed…

Zoos SA is egg-static to share that six tiny Western Swamp Tortoises have hatched at Adelaide Zoo. The egg-citing news comes just in time for the Easter long weekend, with two egg-themed conservation trails at both Adelaide Zoo and Monarto…

Fourteen locally extinct Red-tailed phascogales have been reintroduced to Mallee Cliffs National Park in western New South Wales this week in a partnership between Australian Wildlife Conservancy (AWC), the NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service and Zoos SA. The 12…

What’s better than some new tunnels to explore? An entire Moreton Bay Fig to call home! Adelaide Zoo’s female Red Panda, Mishry, had her habitat extended into the giant Moreton Bay Fig last week and set out discovering her new…

There was a flipping great celebration at Adelaide Zoo today as Australian Sea Lions, Ady and her companion Tasko, were treated to Blue Swimmer Crab, octopus, gigantic ice cubes and a new toy to mark her 25th birthday. Arliah Hayward, Senior…

A furry little face has popped out to say hello at Adelaide Zoo! The Quokka joey made its debut this week, wiggling its nose out from five-year-old Yiray’s pouch. Quokka joeys live in their mother’s pouch for around five months…

Penguin breeding isn’t always black and white. Sometimes there is a grey area – and in this case, it came in the form of the fluffy grey down of a new Little Penguin chick. The eight-week-old chick hatched from the…

Love was in the air today at Adelaide Zoo as the species received heart-shaped gifts from their keepers. Zoos SA’s volunteer group BEEZA (Behavioural Environmental Enrichment for Zoo Animals) put their heart and soul into a wonderful selection of enrichment….

It’s not often that specialists make a house call, but for one resident of Adelaide Zoo, they made an exception. Adelaide Zoo’s Sumatran orangutan, Kluet, was recently visited by North Adelaide Dental Care at the Zoo’s Animal Health Centre to…

Adelaide Zoo’s little Tawny Frogmouth chick has chosen it’s own name! Keepers were very egg-cited to see what the little one would select between Groot and Barkely. With each name in a bowl of it’s favourite snack, the chick was…

Critically-endangered Sumatran Tiger Delilah has made her dazzling debut at Adelaide Zoo’s exhibit with the public encouraged to come in and give her a roaringly warm welcome! The five-year-old Sumatran Tiger, the rarest and smallest of all tiger species, arrived…

Celebrations certainly hit the spot today as Adelaide Zoo hosted male giraffe Azizi’s first birthday. A special keeper talk at the Giraffe Exhibit was followed a rendition of Happy Birthday sung by the crowd with the birthday boy zooming around…

Gallstones are painful for humans but how does a 46 year-old Sumatran Orangutan let you know they are not feeling well? In addition, where does a Sumatran Orangutan go to have stones removed? “Back in May, Sumatran Orangutan Puspa was…

Is there anything more adorable than a Zebra foal with the zoomies? How about a Komodo Dragon enjoying a slice of birthday chicken? Zoos SA has had held a double celebration this week welcoming a new Zebra foal at Monarto…

We have egg-citing news! Adelaide Zoo has welcomed a Tawny Frogmouth, Black-necked Stork, and six Swift Parrot chicks to the nest. The Tawny Frogmouth and four of the Swift Parrot chicks have been cared for in the Adelaide Zoo bird…

Adelaide Zoo’s veterinary team has performed a general health check on seven-year-old Sumatran Tiger, Kembali. The zoo’s dedicated team performed the check with Kembali under general anaesthetic in the Animal Health Centre. Adelaide Zoo Veterinarian, Dr David McLelland, said the…

Zoo’s conservation calendar: It’s time for Fire Fighters, Farmers, and Nuns Having Fun to move over. For the first time ever, Zoos SA’s team has ‘tastefully disrobed’ for a calendar in a bid to raise funds and to draw attention…

Today we are celebrating Benoky the Ring-tailed lemur who is turning the big 20 today! If you thought you knew everything there was to know about Ring-tailed lemurs, have a read through these fun facts and test your knowledge! Benoky…

Adelaide Zoo launches wild wellness program – meditate with monkeys and greendesk with the gibbons… As Adelaide’s Wellfest launches and World Mental Health Month is in full swing, Zoos SA is inviting members, visitors, staff and volunteers to go wild…

The rain clouds parted just enough for keepers to celebrate the seventh birthday of Arella the Golden-Lion Tamarin at Adelaide Zoo this morning. Just like a hectic children’s party, there were loud squeaks and plenty of chaos as the seven…

International Zookeeper Day is celebrated annually on the 4 October to tie with the Feast of St Francis of Assisi. It was St Francis of Assisi who is believed to have advocated that it was our duty to protect and…

It’s Save the Koala Day! This day is all about raising awareness for the iconic species and discussing ways that we can help to save them from extinction. At Zoos SA we believe that connecting people (of all ages) with nature…

Spring has sprung, which for Giant Pandas Fu Ni and Wang Wang means one thing: breeding season. Much the same as last year, COVID-19 travel restrictions mean that a reproductive specialist from the China Conservation and Research Centre for the…

Adelaide Zoo’s Little Penguin colony has grown by one adorable ball of feathers with an 8 week old chick, yet to be sexed, waddling about behind the scenes. Born on July 8 to parents Shuffles (Mum) and Cashew (Dad), the…

It’s the fluffiest black and white date in the diary … Adelaide Zoo staff, volunteers, members, supporters and visitors are celebrating the birthdays of Giant Pandas Fu Ni and Wang Wang with their annual Teddy Bears’ Picnic event. The Teddy…

It’s International Orangutan Day and Adelaide Zoo Primate Keeper Pij Olijnyk is keen to tell us about Puspa and Kluet, the two Sumatran Orangutans who reside at Adelaide Zoo and how we can help them and their wild cousins… “Orangutans are…

It was not one but two celebrations at Adelaide Zoo with keepers celebrating the birthdays of two Dusky Leaf-monkeys, Tevy and Jingga. Keeper Rachael Mayger said “Tevy is ten today and Jingga is 15 on Sunday. I’ve given them a…

Adelaide Zoo’s romp of Asian Small-clawed Otters received a check up in the Animal Health Centre with veterinarian David McLelland. “We have a group of six Asian Small-clawed Otters at Adelaide Zoo and several were due for contraceptive implants and…

At Zoos SA, the welfare of our animals is our top priority. And with over 3,000 animals across 300 species, taking into consideration every individual’s needs is no small task. As different as African Lions are to Green Anacondas, so…

The lanterns are up, lights are shining and the zoo is a hive of excitement – Light Creatures is almost here! Wondering how we made sure the event is fun for visitors but still comfortable for our animals? Listen to…

School holidays got off to a howlingly great start as two dingo pups made their ‘Dingo Debut’ at Adelaide Zoo. “The transition to their new exhibit this morning went really well,” said Michelle Birkett, Senior Keeper Nature Theatre, Adelaide Zoo….

Adelaide Zoo’s meerkat mob has enjoyed some wild enrichment to celebrate the fifth ever annual World Meerkat Day. The little ones were treated to colourful cars and papier-maché balls filled with one of their favourite treats – kibble. Adelaide Zoo…