Chimpanzees will be at home at Monarto Zoo in an expansive enclosure that will soon be opened to the public for a sneak preview.

Paintings by chimps at Adelaide Zoo will be auctioned to help pay for the primates' new enclosure.

At just six weeks, Kojito the baby giraffe is already used to an audience.

The bright-eyed calf was born in the middle of a shallow creek in Monarto Zoo's giraffe enclosure in front of a busload of spectators.

KASHA the miniature goat has to be the ultimate kid lover.

As one of the cluckiest mums at Adelaide Zoo, Kasha just can't seem to get enough offspring.

Five little devils were given a check up at the Monarto Zoological Park this week. Stethascopes were out on Wednesday as the joey Tasmanian Devils had their first major check up.

Zoos South Australia has confirmed the success of the first Tasmanian Devil breeding season with the birth of five joeys.
Senior Curator of Zoos South Australia, Peter Clark, said the birth of the five joeys, born from two wild caught Tasmanian Devils is a significant achievement this early on in the program.

Forget talking with the animals - a new National Geographic DVD series allows viewers to see through the eyes of an animal.

In collaboration with Monarto Zoo and the organisation for Painted Dog Conservation, students from Belair Primary built a jigsaw to share their knowledge with others, made toys filled with rhino poo and raised money for Zimbabwean children to enjoy seeing the dogs in the wild.

Chris West relayed the news by phone. Nelson, the beloved family guinea pig, had died. "Oh, that's so sad," a family friend says. "Are the children upset?"

Monarto Zoological Park passed out 450 tree planting kits to zoo visitors at the weekend.

Work will begin next week on a world-class Giant Panda enclosure at Adelaide Zoo, as the landmark tourism site gears up for the 2009 arrival of drawcard residents Wang Wang and Funi.

Zoos South Australia is joining the National Tree Day celebrations on the 27th of July with Adelaide and Monarto Zoos hoping to pass out 3,000 tree planting kits to visitors.

While the Riverland braces itself for a drought which the CSIRO says may be a decade long, and Goolwa sees the Lower Lakes dropping to below sea level, one tiny fish has come to symbolise what's wrong with the Murray system.

Two Giant pandas will move into a new enclosure when they arrive next year, after the Adelaide City Council last night approved Adelaide Zoo's $20 million refurbishment plans.

Humans wear plunging necklines or cologne to attract the opposite sex, but Australian pelicans go for colour.

The Murray Bridge High School accelerated class traveled to Monarto last week to help out with the environment.

From tracking big cats through South African game parks to studying the mating habits of endangered marsupials, Zoos SA researcher Wendy Foster has rarely had a dull day in the office.

Think your boss is intimidating? Try working alongside eight menacing lions that stalk your every move and snarl if you get too close to their territory.

More than 250 Murraylands students descended upon Monarto zoo to take part in the inaugural Monarto Zoo School Walk in early May.