Episodes

Series 4 Episode 8

Keepers at Melbourne Zoo now have 4 Sumatran Tiger cubs and one of their Meerkats needs an urgent trip to the dentist, while at Healesville Sanctuary a Gannet undergoes anaesthesia to remove a fish hook while staff at Taronga Zoo emotionally farewell their hand-raised Pygmy Hippo Monifa as she moves to Melbourne Zoo.

Series 4 Episode 7

A team from Taronga Zoo travel to the Snowy Mountains to find Corroboree Frog eggs that they hope will help save the species, while back in Sydney staff await the arrival of a new Zebra and at the same time have to say goodbye to an old friend.

Series 4 Episode 6

A Black Rhino calf is born at Taronga Western Plains Zoo as staff at Taronga’s Wildlife hospital work to save two orphaned Powerful Owl chicks. A seal undergoes cataract surgery at Sea World while Adelaide Zoo awaits the arrival of some very special Giant Pandas.

Series 4 Episode 5

Little penguins are breeding at Taronga Zoo in Sydney while an Orang-utan undergoes eye surgery at Perth Zoo. Keepers at Healesville Sanctuary have been called out to a house where there is a venomous snake on the loose and female elephant Dokkoon awaits the birth of her calf at Melbourne Zoo.

Series 4 Episode 4

Vets struggle to remove fishing debris from an endangered Green Turtle while the decision between two lions for breeding has to be made. A giraffe is reunited with his brother after many years and there is a new addition to a capuchin monkey family.

Series 4 Episode 3

A tiger with a sore toe; a stallion steps in to save a rare breed of horse; a platypus moves house; and a peregrine falcon needs help to fly.

Series 4 Episode 2

26 April 2010

Four Cheetah cubs have recently been born in Dubbo, and two of them are extra special. Plus, Taronga's chimp family moves house.

Series 4 Episode 1

19 April 2010

In this episode see Happy the hippo’s visit to the dentist with some tusk trouble at Taronga Western Plains Zoo, while sister zoo Taronga waves a sad goodbye to Tizga the Fennec Fox who moves in with his new girlfriend at Adelaide Zoo.

Series 3 Episode 6

16 July 2009

In this week's episode of THE ZOO, a red panda is about to become a first-time mum; an electrical storm leaves a flying fox orphaned; an orangutan faces a cancer scare; and a breeding program hopes to increase numbers of the critically endangered mallee fowl.

Series 3 Episode 5

9th June 2009

When a newborn Francois Langur is found on the ground at Taronga Zoo, keepers must step in. Mum and Dad have rejected her, so now keepers need to work around the clock to help her survive.