The BIG Picture

TREE KANGAROO JOEY

Is there anything more adorable than a tree kangaroo joey about to dive into a thick stash of fresh leaves? Cute little Havam is just the beginning of what’s so cool about this image.

A signature program of Woodland Park Zoo, the Tree Kangaroo Conservation Program works with local communities in remote Papua New Guinea to protect the endangered Matschie’s tree kangaroo and the habitat in which it lives. The program helped to establish the country’s first nationally-recognized Conservation Area, and works with communities and government to address local needs including livelihoods, health and education. We believe that sustainable conservation needs to address not only the needs of wildlife and the environment, but the needs of the local people as well. And that in order to make a lasting difference, the change must come from within those communities themselves.

Photo of Havam, a tree kangaroo joey born in 2021

Jeremy Dwyer-Lindgren, WPZ