Five lions have sparked a brief emergency at an Australian zoo after escaping from their enclosure. The animals - one adult and four cubs - were spotted outside their exhibit at Sydney's Taronga ...

An 11-month-old quokka joey survived and is recovering in the zoo's health centre. The remaining three male quokkas have been taken off the exhibit ... most on Western Australia's Rottnest ...

The Melbourne Zoo opened in 1862 and holds the distinction of being Australia's oldest zoo. The property is home to more than 300 animal species, most of which are free to roam in areas that mimic ...

is the only zoo in the world to exhibit the marsupial outside Australia, its native home. Quokkas inhabit forests and swamps in southwestern Australia, mainly on Rottnest Island. They grow to ...

The Adelaide Zoo is situated within walking distance of the South Australian Museum, Adelaide Botanic Garden, the Art Gallery of South Australia ... but some exhibits and facilities have ...

Funnel-web spiders collected for the Sydney zoo are used to create the antivenom used to treat the spider's dangerous bite A zoo in Australia is enlisting the public's help to catch and collect ...