The Latest Breaking News from Zoos Victoria

Until now, Victorians believed their state was the sole home for Leadbeater’s possum, their critically endangered state faunal emblem. This tiny marsupial is clinging to life in a few pockets of mountain ash and snow gum habitat in the Central Highlands of Victoria.

Guardian Australia is highlighting the plight of our endangered native species during an election campaign that is ignoring broken environment laws and rapidly declining ecosystems

Critically endangered bird detected after analysis of tens of thousands of hours of song meter recordings

It’s just past midnight in the cool, ancient forests of Tasmania. We’ve spent a long day and night surveying endangered Tasmanian devils. All around, small animals scurry through bushes. A devil calls in the darkness. Microbats swoop and swirl as a spotted-tailed quoll slips through the shadows. Working here is…

More than 60 years after the rediscovery of a rare possum in Victoria, scientists are looking ahead to save the tiny population that remains in the wild.

With an estimated wild population of just 250, they may be Australia’s rarest bird and most of their remaining habitat is on farmland

With just 70 orange-bellied parrots left in the wild, a new invisible threat is worrying experts over the future of the species.

Our feline friends kill more than 300 million native animals a year. Can we keep them and protect our wildlife too?

The death of a zebra apparently spooked while being moved in a shipping crate highlights the risk of transferring the animals, a major zoo operator says.