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Koalapalooza: A Joey Is Named
After months of anticipation and careful planning, San Diego Zoo Discovery Days: Koalapalooza finally arrived: These four exciting days were filled with news interviews and keeper talks featuring not...
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Marsupial Nightlife
A female wombat looks into a palm rollWhile doing marsupial observations at the San Diego Zoo, I often hear people really excited to see the wombats. They rush over, looking from the deck at the tree...
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Wallaby Tinka Hops Away
Tinka bonds with an adult female parma wallaby.Be sure to read Janet’s previous post, Wallaby Baby Catches Up. New Year 2012 brought big, bold changes for our little parma wallaby, Tinka. She made the...
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Curious Wallaby Joey Leaves Mother’s Pouch to Explore the Outside World
After more than half a year, this wallaby joey has emerged from its mother’s pouch to explore the outside world. A seven-month-old Parma wallaby joey at the San Diego Zoo is now out of its mother’s...
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A Triple Dose of Adorable
The Ione and Paul Harter Animal Care Center nursery at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park received a trio of new arrivals this week: three red-necked wallaby joeys. The female joeys, ranging in age from 5...
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Three Hand-raised Wallaby Joeys Are Hopping Out on Their Own
At the San Diego Zoo Safari Park this morning, three female red-necked wallaby joeys were on the move—excitedly zipping around their new home at the Safari Park’s newest exhibit, Walkabout Australia....
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From Daubs to Gobs, Animals Know How to “Dress”
The splashy blooms of springtime remind me how colorful the natural world can be. Being more of an animal person than a plant person, it got me thinking about animals that have color in their name…and...
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Australian Adventure
Australia is an extraordinary place. It is the world’s largest island, and the only island that is also a continent. It’s also the only continent that is a country—the sixth largest country in the...
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Say G’Day
Let’s meet the macropods: kangaroos, wallabies, and their relatives. What’s the difference between a kangaroo and a wallaby? Those two terms aren’t scientific classifications, they are common names. In...
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