The hunt is on for a rare lizard not seen in over 30 years. Found only in one part of regional Australia, residents are being asked to scour paddocks and roadsides for the specific conditions the ...

Necked lizard. Image via Matt from Melbourne, Australia, CC BY 2.0 https ... Some include Cincinnati, Philadelphia, and the Bristol Zoo in the UK. The species was initially discovered in several lakes ...

Desert lizards are facing a 'cost-of-living' squeeze ... Lead author and University of Melbourne researcher Dr. Kristoffer Wild said climate warming will affect species differently based on ...

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — A man described feeling “the shudders” as more than 100 venomous red-bellied black snakes were ...

Pinnaroo, Melbourne Zoo's 22-year-old eclectus parrot, loves to flap around in the spray of the hose, which mimics the precipitation of her tropical rainforest home.

A parrot at Melbourne Zoo in Victoria found a fun way to beat the summer heat recently when she hopped around under a hose in her enclosure for a refreshing splash. Pinnaroo, Melbourne Zoo’s 22 ...

Fifteen-year-old Luk Chai is the first of nine Asian elephants to be relocated from Melbourne Zoo in the city’s inner-north to Werribee Open Range Zoo, about 40 kilometres away in Melbourne’s ...

A parrot at Melbourne Zoo in Victoria found a fun way to beat the summer heat recently when she hopped around under a hose in her enclosure for a refreshing splash. Pinnaroo, Melbourne Zoo’s ...

And the herd's matriarch, Mek Kapah, offers up an ear to be swabbed for perhaps the most crucial part of a weekly health ritual at Melbourne Zoo. "They've got lovely blood vessels on the back of ...

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 ...