Gray whales aren’t the only marine mammals that San Diegans have been lucky enough to observe. In December, a group 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 ...

The giraffe habitat at the San Diego Zoo just got a new resident. A new calf was born on Nov. 30 between Mawe, its mother, and Chifu, the father. Both parents are Masai giraffes who were born at the ...

Families go wild when visiting San Diego, and when they throw in animal encounters, it gets even better. But here’s the catch: there are two big-name wildlife attractions in San Diego, and they’re ...

After more than a century of munching on her favorite foods of romaine lettuce and cactus fruit, beloved Galápagos tortoise Gramma, the oldest resident of the San Diego Zoo, has died. Gramma was born ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — After more than a century of munching on her favorite foods of romaine lettuce and cactus fruit, beloved Galapagos tortoise Gramma, the oldest resident of the San Diego Zoo, has ...

San Diego property owners will steer more than $20 million to the San Diego Zoo this year, a tax subsidy voters approved back in 1934 when they wanted to make sure the wildlife attraction would remain ...

Gramma, who died at the zoo on Thursday, was believed to have been born in 1884, when Chester A. Arthur was in the White House. By Victor Mather Tortoises are slow. While most of Earth’s creatures zip ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Gramma, a beloved Galápagos tortoise at the San Diego Zoo believed to be 141 years old, was euthanized after ...

Nestled in the shade next to the flamingo lagoon, a new plant species has been quietly growing at the San Diego Zoo. The dainty bamboo palm, as it is now named, is a new plant species that was ...

SAN DIEGO (KSWB/KUSI) — At the San Diego Zoo, a 10-year-old western lowland gorilla broke a layer of protective glass in its enclosure on Saturday, zoo officials confirmed. According to a statement ...