The Latest Breaking News from Zoos Victoria

You don't have to be a cute koala to be an Instagram influencer. Give lizards and bugs a chance and we'll like them too

Remember the popularity contests of high school? Often our athletic, genetically gifted classmates got the most attention: the school captain, the footy team captain, the prom queen. But popularity contests don’t just exist in school. And in the world of conservation, it can be a matter of survival for the…

The Conversation · Sep 28, 2022

RSPCA Vic and Zoos Vic Koala Ward opening

A new koala hospital has opened at Werribee Open Range Zoo, funded by donations to the RSPCA and Zoos Victoria following the Black Summer bushfire crisis

AAP · Aug 26, 2022

Landmark rediscovery of endangered native rodent at Victoria's Wilsons Promontory

A team of scientists finds the broad-toothed rat, or Tooarrana, scurrying around the Wilsons Promontory for the first time in 32 years.

ABC News · Aug 6, 2022

‘We can’t afford to get this wrong’: relocating Leadbeater’s possums is risky – but it’s their only chance

Exclusive: With only 33 of Victoria’s lowland population left, the team charged with their recovery says ‘we need to be proactive’

The Guardian - AU · Apr 4, 2022