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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.
In the quest to save a true Southwest icon, we've teamed up with the California Mountain Lion Project.
For the herd of elephants at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park, family isn’t just the main thing. It’s everything.
LOS ANGELES, SAN DIEGO, and PORTLAND, Ore. (Oct. 16, 2023) – The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (Service) is sharing early results from the historic vaccine trial for highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in California condors (Gymnogyps californianus). As reported by the Service’s Incident Command leading the effort, results from the first test group showed that 60% of the condors produced measurable antibodies that are expected to provide partial protection against mortality from HPAI if the birds are exposed.
SAN DIEGO (Oct. 11, 2023) – San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance has been recognized for its expertise in wildlife biobanking, and has partnered with the Species Survival Commission (SSC) of the world’s largest conservation organization—the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)—to form the new Center for Species Survival: Biodiversity Banking. The new center is the first ever to have a strategy focus rather than a taxonomic one.
Andean bear twins at the San Diego Zoo are a double dose of hope for this vulnerable species.
The second-ever Przewalski's horse clone has arrived to his new home at the Safari Park.
Challenges are lurking in the watery world of black caimans—and their reptilian relatives.
Technology takes wing, and is playing a key role in Hawaiian hawk conservation.
In the face of increasing biodiversity loss, biobanks like ours play an essential role in conservation.