Two new pandas will replace Wang Wang and Fu Ni when the beloved pair return to China later this year.
National Zoo and Aquarium welcomes birth of new koala joey in Canberra
With about 80,000 koalas left in the wild, breeding programs like the one at the National Zoo and Aquarium in Canberra are designed to support the endangered and iconic Australian marsupials.
Photo shows A koala with a joey on its back climbing along a branch.Woman attacked by wolves after straying into zoo 'safari zone'
Investigators are looking into how a female jogger ended up in a wolf enclosure at a safari-style zoo outside Paris.
Photo shows Two white Arctic wolves stand on snowy ground with one in the foreground looking back directly at the cameraAustralia's pandas may not have mated, but have enjoyed a love affair with the public
While cuddly duo Wang Wang and Fu Ni will soon be set to return home to China, Adelaide Zoo is adamant that the pandas' love affair with the public has fulfilled predictions from prior to their arrival.
Australia set to become home to two new giant pandas, Chinese premier announces
Two new pandas are offered to Adelaide Zoo as beloved pair Wang Wang and Fu Ni are set to return to China in the coming months after 15 years in the southern hemisphere.
Photo shows A giant panda sitting on the grassOnly 50 of these tiny frogs are left in the wild, but a drop of thousands of eggs in Kosciuszko National Park may change that
More than 3,400 southern corroboree frog eggs have been released into their natural habitat in the NSW Snowy Mountains in the hope of bringing the iconic species back from the brink of extinction.
Photo shows a tiny yellow and black coloured frog sits on the fingers of a gloved handTassie devil squad off to the US to show Americans they are not just 'a cartoon character'
Tequila, Tabasco, Mouse and Mozza and four other Tasmanian devils will soon board a long haul flight to the US, where they'll settle into four zoos as part of Tasmania's ambassador program.
Photo shows A Tasmanian devil in an enclosure pokes its head out of its hiding place.Tasmanian devils heading to US zoos
A group of eight Tasmanian devils from northern Tasmania are bound for new homes in the United States as "ambassadors" for their species.
Has Video Duration: 1 minute 40 seconds.Shug the zebra captured after gallivanting around US state for days
Authorities corral an escaped zebra almost a week after it and three others ran out of a trailer on its way from Seattle, Washington to Montana.
Photo shows A zebra with black and white stripes, looking sideways with an eye that looks teary, standing inside a trailerNational Zoo welcomes newborn zebra foal
Canberra Zoo's newest member, a baby zebra, has become the 27th to be born as part of their captive breeding program.
Photo shows Zoo's Newest Member, Breeding Program: A zebra foal lies on grass.Has Video Duration: 1 minute 32 seconds.Canberra zoo's new zebra foal, born into successful breeding program, is already doing 'zoomies'
The new baby was born earlier this week. Zookeepers can't get close enough yet to check its sex and weight but said it is already showing signs of a cheeky personality.
Photo shows Baby zebra lies on the groundLovingly known as 'Mr Wine', the world's oldest-known wombat about to turn 35
Found as an orphan in Tasmania in 1989, Wain the wombat — also known as Mr Wine — is shuffling toward his mid-30s at a zoo in Japan, exceeding the average age of his wild counterparts by an estimated 20 years.
Photo shows A wombat with grey fur, black eyes and large square-shaped claws in a fenced-in enclosure, with grass and tunnel made of wood.A once-thriving penguin colony is in danger of dying out, needing shelter from the warming climate
Tens of thousands of tourists flock to an island off Perth's southern coast each year to see its population of little penguins, but as numbers of the birds plummet, scientists and volunteers team up to do something about it.
Photo shows A close-up shot of two penguins as they look up at the camera from inside a nesting box.This endangered butterfly is a fussy eater, so a nursery is helping grow its food
A Victorian plant nursery is growing a native shrub to help expand the habitat of the golden-rayed blue butterfly, found exclusively in western Victoria.
Photo shows a butterfly with blueish body fading to purple wings on dried grass.China plans to send San Diego Zoo more pandas, reintroducing panda diplomacy
China plans to send two giant pandas to the San Diego Zoo, renewing its longstanding gesture of friendship toward the United States after nearly all pandas on loan to US zoos were sent back as relations soured between the two nations.
Beloved chimpanzee and 'surrogate mother' Samantha dies unexpectedly in Qld zoo
Tributes are flowing for Samantha, the chimpanzee that lived through two stillbirths to become a doting surrogate mother.
Photo shows Chimpanzee looks at camera with mouth openResearchers celebrate frog conservation win 'decades in the making' with high country release
Biologist Deon Gilbert says this month's Victorian release of 70 juveniles from a spotted tree frog breeding pool is incredibly heartwarming.
Photo shows A spotted green frog in the fronds of a green plant.Hopes $12m platypus refuge can help halt decline of iconic species
A new platypus haven at Taronga Western Plains Zoo in Dubbo will aid conservation efforts by providing a home for up to 65 of the animals during drought, bushfire and flood.
Photo shows A platypus diving nose first underwaterHonshu the macaque successfully recaptured in Scotland after five-day adventure
The escaped snow monkey was in a member of the public's garden when it was caught.
Photo shows A brown furry monkey with a red face looks sad behind three bits of wood.Altina Wildlife Park welcomes first red panda born in Australia in two years
First-time panda mum Rani gave birth at nine years old to the as-yet-unnamed cub, a massive boon for the endangered species. Supplied: Altina Wildlife Park
Has Video Duration: 52 seconds.There are about 50 red pandas in Australia, but none have successfully given birth in two years — until now
The new cub at Altina Wildlife Park near Wagga Wagga is the first born in Australia for two years — and with only 10,000 red pandas left worldwide, breeding programs like it are key to survival of the species.
Photo shows A red panda climbs through a wooden tube.