Zoology

Biologist Deon Gilbert says this month's Victorian release of 70 juveniles from a spotted tree frog breeding pool is incredibly heartwarming.

The black-and-white ruffed lemur triplets will undergo DNA testing after zookeepers at Altina Wildlife Park in southern NSW were caught "very unaware" by their arrival.

Urine samples collected from wild chimpanzees in Uganda over decades have revealed older female chimps undergo hormonal changes much like those in menopausal humans.

Scientists say you can thank warmer weather for the mass of flies this spring and summer.

There's growing recognition that animals can develop mental and behavioural disorders like humans, but there are important factors to consider when treating these issues.

There are only around 1,000 mountain gorillas left in the wild — and this vet is leading efforts to save them.

There are hopes the release of six Pookila mice into the wild in Victoria will help boost numbers of the endangered species.

Kaius the gorilla was hand-raised by Chad Staples after complications at birth. Now the young primate has been reunited with his family.

Wind back the clock a few hundred million years, and landscapes were completely silent of any truly meaningful communication through sound. So when did animals first find their voice, so to speak, and why?

The red cub panda cubs were born on the 25 June to mum Ruby and dad Nilo, weighing 113 grams each. They will be named when they are 8 weeks old and have had their vet check.

How the pademelon often tricks the world into thinking it is the extinct thylacine, and seven other wild pademelon facts.

In 1805 black swans, kangaroos, and the world's last King Island emu lived amongst the sweeping lawns of the Château de Malmaison in Paris. So how did this creature make it to an empress' garden?

These Australians are swapping their jobs for the croc cage. Do you have what it takes?

In 2021 the apex predators native to four Indonesian islands were added to the International Union for Conservation of Nature's Red List, as only about 1,500 specimens remain in habitats that face the threat of climate change.

During a successful zoology career spanning seven decades, Fraser Coast resident Vernon Harris has discovered dozens of marine animals — and he’s not finished yet.

From working the underground mines in London during World War II to discovering more than 40 species of the microscopic copepod in his career as a zoologist, 97-year-old Vernon Harris says he is not ready to stop pursuing his passion.

Smaller and harder to track down, koalas of the tropical north have been the subject of few studies compared to their southern counterparts. Now, new technology making it easier to research them has scientists excited.

First they discovered that wombats created their famously square poos in the intestine and not at "point of exit". Now, the same team of scientists has explained how wombats poo such "perfectly consistent" pellets.

Seven-year-old macaws Monty and Bee Bee have outlived their owner and now live at the Urimbirra Wildlife Park in Victor Harbor, where they are cared for by keeper Kristin Pearce. With lifespans potentially stretching into their 70s or 80s they could be residents there for a very long time.

Adelaide Zoo has confirmed that the latest attempt to artificially inseminate resident female giant panda Fu Ni has been unsuccessful, with staff "obviously disappointed that there will be no cub this year".

The New Guinea croc arrived at Townsville's Billabong Sanctuary in a PVC pipe. The man who transported it says the park will be welcoming more animals during the year.

David Parer and Liz Parer-Cook make award-winning natural history films that capture amazing footage of animals in the wild.

While spotting a badly-stuffed platypus in an overseas museum may draw a laugh from visiting Australians, scientists say poor taxidermy is a serious matter that can affect a species' survival.

He's got a long neck and is on a 2,750-kilometre trek that is expected to take 38 hours, but Inkosi the giraffe is standing tall as he crosses the Nullarbor Plain, accompanied by zookeepers and a vet.

Why do crab-like creatures keep turning up on the evolutionary tree, and how can you tell a "true crab" from a false one?