Latest News from Monarto Zoo
Zoos at front line in battle to save world wildlife
A day at the zoo is about relaxing and enjoying. You're not meant to feel like you're in the front line of a war. But it's time to think of zoos in a new way - of field hospitals in a war zone, or refugee centres, trying to salvage dwindling species in the face of terrible threats and competing needs.
We need to get wild about rock wallabies
A tiny population of rock wallabies has been boosted by more than a quarter in the past 18 months by a surrogate breeding program at Monarto Zoo.
A Lifeline for Tassie devils
The famous Tasmanian devil could be extinct in the wild within a decade, experts warn.
Too Much Monkey Business
WORLD renowned chimp expert Dr Jane Goodall knows a lot about primates but is struggling to understand humans. "Chimps are more like us than anything else and they help us understand our evolution even better; they help to explain some of the strange things we do," she told the City Messenger this week.
Luxury Home for Chimps
Chimpanzees will be at home at Monarto Zoo in an expansive enclosure that will soon be opened to the public for a sneak preview.
Artwork not just for peanuts
Paintings by chimps at Adelaide Zoo will be auctioned to help pay for the primates' new enclosure.
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