Future’s bright for baby leaf-eating monkey
A bright orange baby leaf-eating monkey – the first success of a nature-replicating harem-style breeding initiative – is the new star attraction at Taronga Zoo. Read More »
Second gorilla walks as apes stand up for themselves
One walking gorilla might be considered a fluke. But two walking gorillas on opposite sides of the planet sounds like a pattern. Could humankind’s closest cousins finally be catching up in the evolutionary foot race? Read More »
Taronga Zoo celebrates another elephant birth
Sydney’s Taronga Zoo celebrates the arrival of the third Asian elephant calf to be born since the arrival of the herd in Australia four years ago.
Taronga Zoo’s miracle elephant calf gets a name
A baby elephant miraculously born at Australia’s Taronga Zoo after being declared dead by zookeepers at has been named and blessed by Buddhist monks. Read More »
Miraculous birth for baby elephant declared dead
A baby Asian elephant declared dead in its mother’s womb two days ago by zookeepers has been born alive after spending more than a week in labour. Read More »
Taronga’s baby elephant says ‘Hello world’
Sydney’s Taronga Zoo has released footage of its new baby elephant – the first ever to be born on Australian soil earlier this month – and finally given the animal a name. Read More »
Taronga elephant herd set for baby boom
Taronga Zoo is looking forward to a baby boom among its Asian elephants following the announcement of a third pregnancy among the herd’s four cows.
Pak Boon, whose name means Morning Glory Flower, is due to give birth in early 2011 — at around 22 months elephants have the longest gestation period of any land animal — after falling naturally pregnant to the herd’s male elephant, Gung. Read More »
Zoo celebrates birth of ‘world’s cutest monkey’
Australia’s Taronga Zoo is celebrating an extremely rare birth of an exotically named Francois Langur monkey. The arrival last week of the bright orange baby – dubbed the “world’s cutest monkey” – stunned zookeepers who hadn’t even been certain her mother was pregnant. Read More »