These lions just couldn't wait to be king. Officials at Taronga Zoo in Sydney, Australia issued a Code 1 alert on Nov. 2 local time when five lions escaped their enclosure and briefly roamed the zoo ...

SAN DIEGO — The San Diego Zoo Safari Park is home to the only platypus outside of Australia, which makes the wildlife alliance the perfect partners for the Taronga Zoo's platypus conservation project.

Visitors staying at a Sydney zoo overnight as part of a special event were hoping for a roaring good time but got more than they bargained for when five lions bolted from an exhibit, causing a brief ...

If you're looking for a cute baby animal video to brighten up your day, look no further! Taronga Zoo in Sydney, Australia recently welcomed two red panda cubs into their family, and one of them ...

Sydney — Five African lions broke out of their enclosure at Sydney's harborside Taronga Zoo on Wednesday, triggering an emergency lockdown. The Reuters news agency said the escape happened while the ...

It is true that a baby platypus is called a puggle, but the popular photograph shared on Reddit shows a young echidna, a close relative to the egg-laying mammal that is also called a puggle. We've ...

If you’re following along with our epic trip to Fiji and Australia, here is Part Seven of our grand adventure. Below are the previous stories if you want to catch up: Part One: Flight review: Our ...

Zookeepers have noticed that their silverback gorilla, Kibali, has been unwell. To find out what's going on, they must anaesthetise Kibali and transport him to Taronga's wildlife hospital. But giving ...

Five lions at the popular Taronga Zoo in Sydney, Australia, managed to briefly escape their enclosure early Wednesday in what the facility described as an "emergency situation." The alarming exit ...

On this episode, for the first time in ten years Taronga vets get up close to a silverback gorilla and try to save an injured Albatross, the world's largest sea bird, after it is battered on rocks in ...