Zoos Victoria

17/05/2025

Think you’re brave enough to meet Australia’s most dangerous bird? Step into the world of the Southern Cassowary during our Cassowary Experience at Kyabram Fauna Park. With their striking blue faces and towering presence, these flightless giants are as fascinating as they are formidable.

16/05/2025

🍂Who else is enjoying crisp mornings and crunchy leaves? 🍂

15/05/2025

Can you believe that we're halfway through Member MAY-hem? 😮

It's not too late to become a Zoos Victoria member and go in the draw to win countless giveaways and prizes all through the month of May.

These lucky lanyard-wearing members finished their trip to Melbourne Zoo with a Lemur Experience!

Wear your Membership lanyard loud and proud at all four zoos for the chance to win some on-the-spot giveaways and prizes!

13/05/2025

A huge thanks to Petstock for their ongoing support in keeping cats safe at home!

Petstock are proud supporters of the Safe Cat, Safe Wildlife campaign and help us to spread the word that an indoors cat is a safe cat.

Want to join our growing cat-lovers community?

Head to the first comment to find out more!👇

12/05/2025

Healesville Sanctuary's innovative keepers are using springy bungee cords to bring out the hunting skills of the tiny but strong Tasmanian Devils and Spotted-tailed Quolls!

11/05/2025

This Mother’s Day, we’re celebrating the many forms of motherhood in the animal kingdom — from Meerkat matriarchs to doting Plains-wanderer dads doing the mum duties, and everything in between!

10/05/2025

They may be tiny, but clownfish play a big role on the reef. 🐠 From cleaning sea anemones to helping us learn about ocean health, these bright little swimmers are full of surprises. Keep an eye out for them next time you're wandering through Wild Sea at Melbourne Zoo.

09/05/2025

Here's a massive dose of feel-good Friday news!

For the first time in almost half a century, Critically Endangered Helmeted Honeyeaters have returned to Cardinia in southeast Victoria, where they were once found until the Ash Wednesday bushfires (1983).

On an autumnal May morning, 21 iconic yellow and black birds bred at Healesville Sanctuary fluttered off into their new forest home on Bunurong Country establishing a crucial third wild population in the fight against extinction.

Since 2018 the Victorian Government has invested over $8 million in the Faunal Emblems Program, to support the recovery of the Helmeted Honeyeater and Leadbeater’s Possums– improving the long-term conservation and health of both species.

It has taken multiple partners, the Recovery Team and four decades to reach this historic milestone.

Zoos Victoria is grateful for the generous financial support provided by philanthropic donors.

08/05/2025

It's a small step for science, but a giant leap for frog-kind 🐸

Melbourne Zoo's Amphibian Specialist Keepers have successfully bred two of Victoria's most cryptic frog species for the first time - the Watson's Tree Frog and the Southern Giant Burrowing Frog.

The Amphibian Bushfire Recovery Centre at Melbourne Zoo is funded by the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water Wildlife and Habitat Bushfire Recovery Program. The Watson’s Tree Frog recovery program is supported by the DEECA Greater Melbourne Nature Fund.

07/05/2025

The 2025 International Tree-kangaroo Crunch-a-Thon is back!

Normally it's rude to chew with your mouth open, but Goodfellow's Tree-kangaroo Mungili at Healesville Sanctuary is munching loudly and proudly to raise awareness for the species across the world.

Goodfellow's Tree-kangaroos are listed as Endangered on the IUCN Red List due to a number of factors, including habitat loss.

Share this post far and wide to make Mungili the supreme cruncher, and use the hashtag to catch all the munching and chewing action!

AZA SAFE: Tree Kangaroo of Papua New Guinea

06/05/2025

🦋 Tiny but mighty 🦋

Join us for an inspiring evening on May 15 at Melbourne Zoo to discover the fascinating world of invertebrates (insects and other animals without a backbone), and the groundbreaking work happening to protect them.

Melbourne Zoo is embarking on a journey to become a leader in invertebrate conservation. Learn from science experts about the challenges facing Australia's incredible invertebrate biodiversity and how, together, we can make a real difference.

This event is FREE so get in quick 👉 www.zoo.org.au/melbourne/whats-on/events/tiny-and-mighty/

This beauty is the endangered Golden-rayed Blue Butterfly. It lives in the narrow bands of remnant floodplains that border a handful of salt-lakes in Victoria's west.

Zoos Victoria acknowledges and respects the Traditional Owners as the original custodians of the land and waters, their ability to care for Country, and deep spiritual connection to it. We honour Elders past and present whose knowledge and wisdom has ensured the continuation of culture and tradition...

05/05/2025

🦎 Let's hear it for the little guys! 🦎

In a historic first, Guthega Skinks bred at Healesville Sanctuary have been released in Victoria’s Bogong High Plains, giving fresh hope to the Endangered alpine species.

The pioneer pairs – the first of their kind to have mixed genetics from Kosciusko National Park in New South Wales and the Victorian alps - are expected to produce a new generation of lizards with greater resilience to climate change.

The Guthega Skink Recovery Program is a joint effort between Zoos Victoria and Snowline Ecology.