Wallabies articles

  • Orphaned baby wallabies enjoy new home at Perth Zoo

    Orphaned baby wallabies are enjoying their new life at Perth Zoo in Australia, adorable footage shows. This video, taken from the zoo’s behind-the-scenes “creche cam”, shows five Tammar Wallaby joeys making themselves at home. The youngsters were discovered on Garden Island earlier in 2024 having lost both parents. They were raised by wildlife carers before arriving at the zoo. The joeys are expected to move into the zoo’s wider wallaby and kangaroo habitat in the coming months once they have...

  • Baby wallaby emerges from mother’s pouch after seven months in adorable video

    An adorable video shows the moment a baby wallaby emerges from its mother's pouch after seven months. In the footage, baby Bennett’s wallaby Jo-Jo can be seen poking his head out of his mother’s pouch, sniffing the grass and reaching outwards at Auchingarrich Wildlife Park in Perthshire. After a gestation period of just 29 days, joeys are born weighing less than a gram so remain in their mother's pouch for a further 280 days where they continue to develop. Joeys stay with their mothers for a...