Save the song,save the species:Rescuing the sound of the Aussie bush
Endangered species

Save the song,save the species:Rescuing the sound of the Aussie bush

Taronga Zoo has revolutionised the way it raises the critically endangered regent honeyeaters,based on research that shows zoo-bred males sing differently from their wild counterparts,potentially slashing their chances to survive and breed.

  • byAngus Dalton

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Taronga lions made hole in fence before great escape
Animals

Taronga lions made hole in fence before great escape

Taronga Zoo said the lions were playing with the fence for 20 minutes before five squeezed under it. Two would later pass another fence that keeps the public at a safe distance.

  • byJames Lemon
Failure of mesh wire fence investigated as Taronga Zoo lions’ escape method
Animals

Failure of mesh wire fence investigated as Taronga Zoo lions’ escape method

The zoo said it was still awaiting the full engineering report and the lions would remain out of their main exhibit until further advice was received.

  • byLaura Chung
A not-so-honourable fence
Opinion
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A not-so-honourable fence

Letting the gas out of the biggest balloon.

Lion power or human error? The burning question after zoo escape
Animal rights

Lion power or human error? The burning question after zoo escape

Taronga Zoo says it will release details about how the lions escaped and sparked a lockdown at the top tourist attraction,but has not committed to a timeframe.

  • byAngus Dalton andMillie Muroi
Lion escape the most exciting thing to happen to Mosman since negative gearing
Opinion
Mosman

Lion escape the most exciting thing to happen to Mosman since negative gearing

I’m no zoologist,but perhaps more wildness is exactly what these creatures were after? Few places are less wild than Mosman.

  • byDom Knight
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Lion escape investigation to focus on fence failure,Taronga Zoo says
Animals

Lion escape investigation to focus on fence failure,Taronga Zoo says

Five of the zoo’s seven lions escaped from their enclosure on Wednesday,prompting the zoo to go into lockdown and police to be called.

  • bySally Rawsthorne andSarah Keoghan
What were those Taronga lions thinking?
Opinion
Animals

What were those Taronga lions thinking?

Rents are through the roof,and prospective tenants with massive claws and incisors would struggle to compete for a lease anyway.

  • byTohby Riddle
‘Code one’:The animal escapes that set off the zoo’s worst warning
Animals

‘Code one’:The animal escapes that set off the zoo’s worst warning

News of five escaped lions from their enclosure at Taronga Zoo sparked alarm – but the big cats aren’t the zoo’s most dangerous resident.

  • byAngus Dalton
‘This is a significant incident’:Cub tranquillised as five lions escape Taronga Zoo enclosure
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Animals

‘This is a significant incident’:Cub tranquillised as five lions escape Taronga Zoo enclosure

Families staying overnight at the zoo as part of its “Roar and Snore” program were awoken by zookeepers and told to leave their belongings.

  • bySarah Keoghan andSally Rawsthorne
‘We had to run’:Sydney family’s Roar and Snore ends with lions escaping enclosure
Animals

‘We had to run’:Sydney family’s Roar and Snore ends with lions escaping enclosure

Dominique and Magnus Perri and their children Lucas and Oliver were awoken by an alarm and zookeepers rushing to their tent at 6.40am on Wednesday.

  • bySally Rawsthorne