Project Platypus
Episode: 1x01 | Airdate: Mar 1, 2020
Zookeepers have noticed that their silverback gorilla Kibali, has been unwell. But giving a nearly two-hundred-kilogram gorilla an injection is not as straightforward as it sounds.
Episode: 1x01 | Airdate: Mar 1, 2020
Zookeepers have noticed that their silverback gorilla Kibali, has been unwell. But giving a nearly two-hundred-kilogram gorilla an injection is not as straightforward as it sounds.
Episode: 1x02 | Airdate: Mar 8, 2020
Taronga Zoo's keepers try to reign in a very randy red panda! Vets and keepers work together to attempt a procedure rarely done at Taronga and staff teach a injured owl how to fly again.
Episode: 1x03 | Airdate: Mar 15, 2020
For the first time in ten years, Taronga vets get up close to a silverback gorilla.
Episode: 1x04 | Airdate: Mar 22, 2020
A pregnant lemur is badly injured in a fight and Taronga's vets have grave concerns for her unborn baby. Meanwhile, Taronga welcomes a brand-new species to the zoo, as 5 of the world's largest rodents arrive from New Zealand.
Episode: 1x05 | Airdate: Mar 29, 2020
A virus threatens to wipe out an entire species of snapping turtles. Meanwhile, Taronga vets are stumped by an animal's mysterious health problem.
Episode: 1x06 | Airdate: Apr 5, 2020
Taronga staff throw a surprise party for the zoo's oldest resident, Esmerelda, the 103-year-old Giant Aldabra Tortoise.
Episode: 1x07 | Airdate: Apr 12, 2020
As the largest bushfires on record devastate the country, Taronga Zoo vets take the battle to save Australian native wildlife to the front line.
Episode: 1x08 | Airdate: Apr 19, 2020
A behind-the-scenes look at what it takes to run the Taronga Zoo Sydney, Australia's largest zoo, located on the shores of Sydney Harbour.
Episode: 1x09 | Airdate: Apr 26, 2020
A behind-the-scenes look at what it takes to run the Taronga Zoo Sydney, Australia's largest zoo, located on the shores of Sydney Harbour.
Episode: 1x10 | Airdate: May 3, 2020
A behind-the-scenes look at what it takes to run the Taronga Zoo Sydney, Australia's largest zoo, located on the shores of Sydney Harbour.
Episode: 2x01 | Airdate: Mar 28, 2021
Get a behind-the-scenes look at what it takes to run one of the world's most famous and magnificent zoos.
Episode: 2x02 | Airdate: Mar 28, 2021
Get a behind-the-scenes look at what it takes to run one of the world's most famous and magnificent zoos.
Episode: 2x03 | Airdate: Apr 4, 2021
Taronga Zoo's hand-raised cheetah bonds with an unexpected furry friend.
Episode: 2x04 | Airdate: Apr 4, 2021
Taronga Zoo's staff release endangered bilbies to their natural habitat.
Episode: 2x05 | Airdate: Apr 11, 2021
A lemur's sunbathing leads to concerns about his health. A baby hippopotamus is born at the Western Plains Zoo in Dubbo.
Episode: 2x06 | Airdate: Apr 11, 2021
The worldwide pandemic halts inter-zoo transfers, leaving Taronga with too many Sumatran tigers. An injured seal arrives at the wildlife hospital.
Episode: 2x07 | Airdate: Apr 18, 2021
Nala, the Australian sea lion, gives birth to a healthy pup! The zoo prepares to welcome zebras to the African Savanna exhibit.
Episode: 2x08 | Airdate: Apr 18, 2021
After years away, the king of the jungle returns to Sydney Harbor. And Taronga's Wildlife Hospital treats injured green sea turtles.
Episode: 2x09 | Airdate: Apr 25, 2021
Taronga Zoo's residents welcome guests with a symphony of sounds. And after years away, the king of the jungle returns to Sydney Harbor.
Episode: 2x10 | Airdate: May 2, 2021
A routine procedure for kangaroo, Malu, takes a sudden turn for the worse.
Episode: 2x11 | Airdate: May 9, 2021
Vets use different methods to find out if two of Taronga's rhinoceros are pregnant.
Episode: 2x12 | Airdate: May 16, 2021
Taronga Zoo staff work to save the Tasmanian devil from a deadly disease.
Episode: 2x13 | Airdate: May 23, 2021
A celebration of the unsung heroes of Taronga Zoo: insects.
Episode: 2x14 | Airdate: May 30, 2021
Pairing endangered parrots for breeding is more complicated than it seems.
Episode: 2x15 | Airdate: May 30, 2021
It's springtime at Taronga Zoo, and the yearly baby boom is in full swing.
Episode: 2x16 | Airdate: Jun 6, 2021
Vets race to nurse a malnourished platypus back to health.
Episode: 2x17 | Airdate: Jun 6, 2021
Sydney keepers get up close and personal with endangered turtles, while Dubbo keepers show off the amazing evolution of the world's largest tortoise.
Episode: 3x01 | Airdate: May 15, 2022
Episode: 3x02 | Airdate: May 22, 2022
Two of Taronga Zoo's gorillas will be anesthetized for their checkups.
Episode: 3x03 | Airdate: May 29, 2022
Zoo staff undertake the painstaking process of x-raying their much-loved Asian Elephant, Tang Mo's feet. Keepers have to be on their game, as one wrong step, could destroy some seriously expensive medical equipment.
Episode: 3x04 | Airdate: Jun 2, 2022
Episode: 3x05 | Airdate: Jun 5, 2022
Episode: 3x06 | Airdate: Jun 12, 2022
Episode: 3x07 | Airdate: Jun 19, 2022
Episode: 3x08 | Airdate: Jun 26, 2022
Episode: 3x09 | Airdate: Jul 3, 2022
Episode: 3x10 | Airdate: Jul 10, 2022
Episode: 3x11 | Airdate: Jul 17, 2022
Episode: 3x12 | Airdate: Jul 24, 2022
Episode: 3x13 | Airdate: Jul 31, 2022
Episode: 3x14 | Airdate: Aug 7, 2022
Episode: 3x15 | Airdate: Aug 14, 2022
Episode: 3x16 | Airdate: Aug 21, 2022
Episode: 3x17 | Airdate: Aug 28, 2022
Episode: 3x18 | Airdate: Sep 4, 2022
Episode: 3x19 | Airdate: Sep 4, 2022
Episode: 4x01 | Airdate: Nov 22, 2023
In one of the biggest vet procedures ever performed at Taronga Zoo nearly 30 staff and specialists are involved in the risky sedation of their 5 1/2 metre tall giraffe Jimiyu.
Episode: 4x02 | Airdate: Nov 29, 2023
Lwasi the male lion has left brother Ato, lioness Maya and their 5 cubs behind at Taronga Sydney and moved to Western Plains Zoo to start a family of his own.
Episode: 4x03 | Airdate: Dec 6, 2023
Hala is finding it increasingly hard to get up in the morning, so time for a health check to find out what's going on.
Episode: 4x04 | Airdate: Dec 13, 2023
He may live on an idyllic island habitat, but life isn't always easy for Vampeer the lone male squirrel monkey. Outside of breeding season the females often attack him, so the keepers have devised a cunning escape plan to his own bachelor pad.
Episode: 4x05 | Airdate: Dec 20, 2023
A mystery lump on Ras the camel's ear has everyone stumped, so its time to investigate. But sedating a camel weighing half a tonne is not the simplest procedure to undertake.
Episode: 4x06 | Airdate: Dec 27, 2023
Out at Taronga Western Plains Zoo, Masego the wild dog, needs surgery on a worrying lump on her chest. Not only are her keepers worried about what the vets might find, but whether the pack will reject Masego when she returns.
Episode: 4x07 | Airdate: Jan 10, 2024
It's an emotional farewell as the Taronga marine keepers wave goodbye to 5-year-old Australian Sea Lion, 'Moby'. He's being swapped for another sea lion at a marine park 6 hours' drive north of Sydney, to strengthen the genetic diversity at both zoos.
Episode: 4x08 | Airdate: Feb 2, 2024
Taronga's free flight bird experience is a favourite with visitors, but it can take months of training to ensure the birds are happy to take part and don't fly away when they have the option to.
Episode: 4x09 | Airdate: Feb 9, 2024
After a 16-month gestation, Kufara the 13-year-old Black Rhino has gone into labour with her second calf.
Episode: 4x10 | Airdate: Feb 23, 2024
The mating song between a White cheeked gibbon pair was a joy to hear, but when Taronga's female gibbon, Nellie died six months ago, the male, Kayak went silent.