australia

March 2020

March 2020

March 2020

Hi all, sorry if there is an obvious answer to this, I had a look but couldn't find anything. I was just wondering how to get a category added for media? I recently visited a brand new animal park and want to upload some photos. Thanks.

Praying for Australia!

A Bison was born this morning. Unsure of who the mother is.

Vale Tieu Awful news. :( Tieu the male White Cheeked Gibbon has died. :( ‘ Today came the time to say goodbye to Tieu, a much-adored White Cheeked Gibbon at the Melbourne Zoo. At 46 years old, Tieu suffered from a number of age-related illnesses which impacted his quality of life, and...

Later this month I am heading to outback NSW to do some wildlife watching, mainly birding. I have a few target species in mind: Rufous Fieldwren Redthroat Chirruping Wedgebill Black-eared Cuckoo Grey Falcon Little Woodswallow Hall's Babbler Gibberbird Australian Pratincole Flock Bronzewing...

The article below about a goanna attack in Australia led me to discover that there seems to be a debate about whether they are venomous. Is it a question for all goanna, or can some be venomous and others not? Have monitors kept in human care provided any research on the subject? Venom...

Australian Koalas Considered 'Functionally Extinct' With Estimated 80,000 Remaining

Photo taken Aopril 21, 2019

I recently discovered this pretty cool documentary about the importation of 8 Asian elephants into Taronga zoo, and Melbourne zoo in 2006. I find the documentary really interesting. What do you guys think of it? People this may interest: @Zoofan15 , @WhistlingKite24 , @Zorro and @Chlidonias .

Wild little raven. Photo taken at Lysterfield Lake Park in eastern Melbourne, Victoria.

I figured as @marmolady started a thread for great apes in Australasia than why not create a thread for elephants too. In this thread you can post news,updates and pretty much any information that is worth sharing to other Zoochaters. :D

I was certainly stunned and shocked when I was researching the woma python earlier today. I vividly recall it being listed as Endangered on the IUCN website merely a week ago. I have now come to realization that it has not dropped back to Vulnerable or yet Near Threatened but ALL THE WAY to...

Not sure if this has already been made but it should... Imagine a large paddock with a building in the center. There is a gate to enter the large paddock which is filled with wallabies, kangaroos, and emus. Eucalyptus trees dot the paddock. A path leads from the gate to the center building...