Rossifari Zoo News 2.20.26 - The Goodbye Morobe Edition

Dateline: February 20, 2026. Rossifari Zoo News is back with a round up of the latest news in the world of zoos, aquariums, conservation, and animal weirdness!

We start off discussing our Project for Awesome submission for the Tree Kangaroo Conservation Program and talking about the upcoming week in my life.

Our headline story is a loving and rambling farewell to Morobe the tree kangaroo.

Then it's time for Zoo News stories from the Louisville Zoo, Tanganyika Wildlife Park, Taronga Western Plains Zoo, Chattanooga Zoo, Oakland Zoo, the Toronto Zoo, Cleveland Metroparks Zoo, Sedgwick County Zoo, Zoo Miami, Monterey Bay Aquarium, San Francisco Zoo, the Cincinnati Zoo, and the Memphis Zoo.

Conservation News stories include a cool bounce back from extinction for a gibbon species, Avian influenza hitting Australian territories for the first time, good news for mountain lions in California, and the way Mardi Gras is getting greener!

Other News features a poop story!

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