For 50 years, scientists at the San Diego Zoo have been collecting and storing cells from rare and endangered species in its Frozen Zoo with an eye to the future. The future is here. The San Diego Zoo ...

In 2003, an orphaned group of elephants was rescued from slaughter in Eswatini (formerly Swaziland) due to a severe drought and lack of food by a group of zoos. Four of them were brought back to the ...

The Southern white rhino Edward samples a birthday box of hay in 2020. Southern white rhinos are connected to the effort to revive the critically endangered northern white rhino, which has deposits in ...

SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — A magazine for San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance members just turned 100 years old. First published in 1926, ZOONOOZ shared small updates about what was happening at the San ...

Former San Diego Chargers placekicker and San Diego-native Rolf Benirschke has been elected chairman of the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance. Benirschke played for the San Diego Chargers from 1977 to ...

SAN DIEGO, Calif. (FOX 5/KUSI) — Former San Diego Chargers placekicker and San Diego-native Rolf Benirschke has been elected chairman of the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance. Benirschke played for the ...

Laura Garcia — the new female giant anteater — has moved into the San Diego Zoo, the organization announced last week. The zoo isn't sure on how she got that name either, only that she arrived with ...

SAN DIEGO — On Thursday, the San Diego Zoo announced that it welcomed a new resident, a female giant anteater. Named Laura Garcia, the 12-year-old giant anteater arrived as part of the Association of ...

Dec. 9 (UPI) --The San Diego Zoo announced the birth of a giraffe calf to a first-time mother who was also born at the zoo years earlier. The zoo announced Masai giraffe Mawe gave birth to her first ...

SAN DIEGO (KGTV) — The San Diego Zoo announced the birth of a giraffe. The zoo said Mawe, a Masai giraffe at the zoo, welcomed her first calf on Sunday, November 30, 2025. Visitors can now see mom and ...