Sumatran tiger cubs Puteri and Hutan are much more than cute faces.
Matchmaking—and Maternity SSPs don’t just involve introducing male and female animals; they have
SAN DIEGO (May 15, 2025) – Fifty years ago, San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance’s Frozen Zoo® began preserving living genetic material, long before scientists knew how it might be used.
“We have collected irreplaceable genetic biodiversity, which is key to species resilience
It takes a team and some careful observation to keep the San Diego Zoo’s colony of 25 black-and-white African penguins in the pink.
of the penguins’ habitat, noting where each bird is resting and where they might have
Translocating 21 eastern black rhinoceroses in Kenya is no small feat, but it’s a vital step on the road to recovery for this critically endangered species.
Population growth rates have slowed, with juvenile survival and birth rates falling
Zoo® SAN DIEGO (Nov. 30, 2023) – Scientists at San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance have
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African elephant populations alone have fallen from an estimated 12 million a century
Helping Mojave Desert Tortoises Survive in a Rapidly Changing World
Young tortoises have few defenses against intelligent predators like ravens, and
(April 15, 2024) – Seventy critically endangered Mojave desert tortoises have successfully
advances in the development of unmanned aerial systems (UAS), sometimes called drones, have
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Xol-Xol has fathered 41 chicks since 1993, and many of those chicks have been reintroduced
