Three new kangaroo joeys are the latest addition to the ABQ BioPark.

They're joining the other four females and three males in the kangaroo area.

Two of the babies are still hiding out in their mother's pouches, but one is already out on his own.

The zoo's head keeper, Anthony York, talked to KOB Eyewitness News 4 about the new additions.   

"All baby mammals, especially to us keepers, they're just adorable, we can't get enough of them. And I think people in general flock to that," York said.

York told KOB 4 the zoo is part of a zoo-sharing program, and that means the kangaroos could be transferred to another zoo in the future.

The public will be able to check out the new joeys every day from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - A rare Chinese alligator is starting to make itself at home at the Albuquerque BioPark.

Zoo officials announced Friday that the male alligator was recently moved into the zoo's reptile house after spending about a month in quarantine.

He had come from the Sedgwick County Zoo in Kansas. Herpetologists plan to breed the male with a female Chinese alligator that will arrive from the Bronx Zoo next year.

The Albuquerque BioPark is part of a program that promotes conservation of the species through breeding and reintroduction.

Unlike the abundant American alligator, zoo officials say the Chinese alligator is endangered, with fewer than 130 surviving in the wild.

Those that remain are confined to a small area in the Yangtze River basin in Eastern China.

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