Inside Taronga Zoo

At Taronga Western Plains Zoo, a dedicated team spends days preparing the meals for the thousands of animals in their care, but the task of delivering the food is almost as big as the zoo itself.

An exclusive, behind the scenes look at Sydney’s Taronga Zoo and its unique residents, making it one of the world’s most famous zoos.

New to Nine in 2020 comes the exciting behind-the-scenes documentary series Taronga: Who’s Who In The Zoo. In this series viewers will get to see just what it takes to run one of the world’s most famous and magnificent zoos, with no area off limits. Taronga: Who’s Who In The Zoo is produced by McAvoy Media for Nine.

Enrichment of animals and the sustainable use of resources come together, as Taronga Zoo aims to reduce, reuse, and recycle their way to net zero.

Taronga's entire hospital staff is put to the test, as two Western Lowland Gorillas are brought to the hospital. The pressure is on, as things don't exactly go to plan.

A historic moment for Taronga as Lioness Maya, gives birth. It's Sydney's first lion cub birth in nearly 20 years and it's the gift that just keeps on giving.

Zoo staff and vets guide a newborn Australian sea lion pup through her first few months of life. Meanwhile, Sydney prepares to receive a pair of zebra, but will their new housemates, the giraffes, lay out the welcome mat?

When tiger Kartika starts to act aggressively towards her cubs, zoo staff step in and plan a risky procedure to restore family peace. Meanwhile, Aldabra tortoise Lance puts two very patient keepers to the test as they try to weigh him.

Trainee keeper Harmony learns how to care for the most dangerous bird in the world, while keepers out at Dubbo welcome a baby hippopotamus to the herd.

Malakai the koala is injured just as he enters the zoo's breeding programme, a baby croc snaps up some yummy treats, and a lesser known Australian marsupial gets a second chance.

Two male squirrel monkeys arrive at Taronga for a very important mission. Keeper Jordan shares her bond with a hand reared cheetah, who was raised with a companion dog.

After five years of planning and construction, and at a cost of over 60 million dollars, Taronga Zoo's African Savannah Precinct is finally finished and ready for the first residents to move in.

Zoo staff embark on an ambitious, year long undertaking, in an effort to help Naomi the chimpanzee overcome a complicated medical condition in the hope of finally becoming a mother

The keepers are hoping that a romantic date between sea lions Charlie and Nala will result in a new pup. Meanwhile, vets have the tricky job of treating a 3-metre-long olive python with chronic back pain.

Keepers try to solve the mystery of why Leslie the Andean condor doesn't want to fly. Meanwhile, an orphaned wombat faces a critical situation, as vets discover some very worrying signs in his x-rays.

A pregnant ringtail lemur is badly injured in a fight and Taronga's vets have grave concerns for her unborn baby. Plus, Taronga's staff fight to save an entire species from extinction.

As the largest bushfires on record devastate Australia, Taronga Zoo vets take the battle to save Australian native wildlife to the front line. Plus, a plucky young goat has a star-studded meet-and-greet tour of the zoo.

Taronga attempts to create history by successfully exporting two platypuses to America. Plus, the staff treat a sick funnel-web - the world's most venomous spider.

Zookeepers have noticed that their silverback gorilla, Kibali, has been unwell. To find out what's going on, they must anaesthetise Kibali and transport him to Taronga's wildlife hospital. But giving a nearly 200kg gorilla an injection is not as straightforward as it sounds...