Public health officials are searching for San Diego Safari Park visitors who may have been exposed to a wild bat testing ...

Captive breeding programs can help build back populations for certain species. But it’s key to remove stressors that led to ...

Mara and her calf have split from the herd to bond after labor and delivery, zoo officials said. When they rejoin the herd, ...

A baby vulture at a New York zoo is being fed not by another bird but by hand puppet — a decades-old technique used to ensure the chick doesn’t identify too closely with its human handlers. King ...

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SAN DIEGO — The San Diego Zoo took in eight critically endangered Fijian iguanas after they were intercepted in Spain from illegal wildlife trafficking, the zoo said in Thursday's press release.

A Texas man was sentenced for smuggling six baby Mexican spider monkeys, too young to be separated from their mothers, into Southern California ... at the San Diego Zoo, said in a statement.

A 14-year-old endangered creature has been welcomed by a zoo in California, officials said. On March 10, Labu, a Sumatran orangutan, arrived at the San Diego Zoo from the Fresno Chaffee Zoo as ...