The Latest Breaking News from Zoos Victoria

More than 600 captive-bred spotted tree frogs have joined the dwindling wild population near Mount Beauty – and so far more than half have been found again

Until now, Victorians believed their state was the sole home for Leadbeater’s possum, their critically endangered state faunal emblem. This tiny marsupial is clinging to life in a few pockets of mountain ash and snow gum habitat in the Central Highlands of Victoria.

Vets are undertaking a necropsy to determine why beloved 20-year-old animal suddenly died on Saturday morning

Critically endangered bird detected after analysis of tens of thousands of hours of song meter recordings

It’s just past midnight in the cool, ancient forests of Tasmania. We’ve spent a long day and night surveying endangered Tasmanian devils. All around, small animals scurry through bushes. A devil calls in the darkness. Microbats swoop and swirl as a spotted-tailed quoll slips through the shadows. Working here is…

More than 60 years after the rediscovery of a rare possum in Victoria, scientists are looking ahead to save the tiny population that remains in the wild.

With an estimated wild population of just 250, they may be Australia’s rarest bird and most of their remaining habitat is on farmland

With just 70 orange-bellied parrots left in the wild, a new invisible threat is worrying experts over the future of the species.

Our feline friends kill more than 300 million native animals a year. Can we keep them and protect our wildlife too?