A herd of nine Asian elephants have been clocking up the miles over the past five days after being relocated from Melbourne Zoo to a new enclosure at the Werribee Open Range Zoo.

Fifteen-year-old Luk Chai is the first of nine Asian elephants to be relocated from Melbourne Zoo in the city’s inner-north to Werribee Open Range Zoo, about 40 kilometres away in Melbourne’s ...

The Melbourne Zoo opened in 1862 and holds the distinction of being Australia's oldest zoo. The property is home to more than 300 animal species, most of which are free to roam in areas that mimic ...

And the herd's matriarch, Mek Kapah, offers up an ear to be swabbed for perhaps the most crucial part of a weekly health ritual at Melbourne Zoo. "They've got lovely blood vessels on the back of ...

But in the middle of Melbourne, a frozen zoo could be a lifeline for wildlife species around the country. Researchers from Museums Victoria and Melbourne University have started to collect tissue ...