The new experience puts visitors in a wire cage surrounded by curious zoo lions Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013. Her work has previously appeared ...

The nine-year-old big cat was one of the zoo’s hand-reared cheetahs - a huge draw card among visitors who loved interacting, patting and learning about the species through the Monarto’s interactive ...

MONARTO Zoo’s beloved 15-year-old chimpanzee Zwala died early this morning after failing to wake following surgery. Zwala was anaesthetised to remove her contraceptive implant on Thursday morning. She ...

For those who have the mettle to come face-to-face with a lion, an Australian zoo is opening an enclosure — except the humans are inside. An experience called Lions 360 is opening at Monarto Zoo in ...

MONARTO Zoo visitors will be able to stand in the heart of a lions’ den as part of a new $1.4 million predator experience announced today. Zoos SA’s latest visitor experience will allow visitors to ...

MONARTO, South Australia - Staff at the Monarto Safari Park in South Australia welcomed the birth of a Southern White Rhinoceros calf on Wednesday, July 22. The calf, which has yet to be officially ...

Monarto’ Peter Clark with white rhino Kibini. Photo: Mike Burton Now, Monarto Zoo is stepping up its bid to help save the rhino as part of its multimillion-dollar Wild Africa project that it promises ...

“Hyena’s are incredibly misunderstood ... they’re probably a little bit more timid, very intelligent and very responsive,” she said. Born to mum Forest on May 12, this hyena cub is the zoo’s newest ...

The beloved chimps at Monarto Safari Park have recovered from a respiratory virus and are ready to welcome visitors again. And there’s some happy news for one favourite. The chimpanzees, ranging in ...

The male infant is the second chimp baby to be born at the zoo in recent weeks, after Boon was born on October 9 to mum Soona, who died during labour complications. Boon was adopted by his aunty Zombi ...