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If there is one place you need to see when you visit San Diego California, it is Balboa Park and the San Diego Zoo. The San Diego Zoo is located right in Balboa park. Both sites are must see attractions in San Diego California.
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San Diego Zoo Blogs » Blog Archive » Bai Yun through the Years
I remember that special day in the fall of 1996: the dream had finally happened, the San Diego Zoo had giant pandas! I had little sleep the night before our black-and-white celebrities arrived. I stayed late at the Zoo's Giant Panda ...
San Diego Zoo Blogs » Blog Archive » Camera Trap Surprise
The goal of the San Diego Zoo's Andean bear conservation research program is to address the gaps in our scientific knowledge relating to conservation questions in Peru while providing opportunities for Peruvian students and biologists. ...
San Diego Zoo Blogs » Blog Archive » Pandas on Stand-By
A twist of fate has extended the pandas' time here at the San Diego Zoo: they were scheduled to travel through Shanghai, but we have since learned that the overlap of their scheduled arrival with the Shanghai World Exposition would not ...
San Diego Zoo Blogs » Blog Archive » Yun Zi and the Door
Since these bears will live their lives in managed care, it's important that they can transfer on and off exhibit at the San Diego Zoo Giant Panda Research Station easily and quickly, responding in a positive way to their keepers' ...
San Diego Zoo Blogs » Blog Archive » Happy Gorilla Birthday, Frank!
On September 4, Frank, the crazy-cute gorilla at the San Diego Zoo, will be two years old. This is cause for celebration on many levels and not only because lowland gorillas are an endangered species. ...
San Diego Zoo Blogs » Blog Archive » Burning Amazon, Smoky Andes
Note: The San Diego Zoo has a Living Forest carbon footprint offset program with Nature and Culture International to establish additional reserves in the Tumbesian tropical forest in Ecuador on the border of Peru. ...
Autumn Travel in Southern California: Cooler, Less Crowded, and ...
Southern California CityPASS also includes an option ticket that gives visitors a choice between the San Diego Zoo, where guests can ride the Skyfari aerial tram, and San Diego Zoo Safari Park, whose 2010 zoo babies include two newborn ...
San Diego Zoo Blogs » Blog Archive » Enrichment: Fun For Everyone
Yvette Kemp is a senior hospital keeper at the San Diego Zoo. Read her previous post, Koalapalooza: Vets Share, Too! Update: Panda fans are helping raise money to rent a crane to place new climbing structures and trees in the panda ...
Why Should Expedition To San Diego? | Grandonk dot Com
Besides, sited too San Diego zoo a major draw place. It's a habitat of numbers of animals and creatures, which aren't visible to another places. Surrounding animals shows run regularly. It's a fabulous place for children and adults too. ...
San Diego Zoo Blogs » Blog Archive » Rhinoceros Hornbills: Chick ...
Come by and say “hi” to the new family the next time you are at the San Diego Zoo! Mike Grue is a senior keeper at the San Diego Zoo. Read his previous post, Secretary Bird: Not Your Average Raptor. Posted in Animal Stories, Default, ...
San Diego Zoo Blogs » Blog Archive » Black & White Fun
I hope you are all caught up on sleep after what I have heard was a wonderful weekend (August 21 to 22) at the San Diego Zoo! Though I, unfortunately, could not be there for the big event, Sunni (your manager that evening), ...
Reuben H. Fleet Science Center And ScholarShare To Celebrate ...
Located at 1875 El Prado, two blocks south of the San Diego Zoo on Park Blvd, the Fleet Science Center is a non-profit organization dedicated to furthering the public understanding and enjoyment of science and technology. ...
San Diego Zoo Blogs » Blog Archive » Elephant Calf Has a Name!
We don't have to call him “baby” or “the May calf” or “the littlest one” any more: from now on the youngest elephant calf at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park will be called Emanti! The Park held a naming ceremony this morning, ...
The Daily Gelato: San Diego
This year included something new which was watching the Bachelorette and going to the San Diego Zoo! Also lots of VG's donuts because I am obsessed and have the best mother and sister in law that will drive 30 minutes to get them for me ...
San Diego Zoo Blogs » Blog Archive » Galápagos Islands: The Real Thing
Rick Schwartz is a zookeeper and the San Diego Zoo's ambassador. Posted in Default, General, The Zoo Journal | Link to this post. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, ...
San Diego Zoo Blogs » Blog Archive » Pandas, Elephants, K-Rats
Following the fun morning at the Zoo, we returned to the San Diego Zoo Safari Park, historically known as the San Diego Zoo's Wild Animal Park, and to the elephant barn, where we sat and waited for African bull elephant Mabu to pee. ...
Gaunt with the Wind!: Spokane visit, Birthday, San Diego ...
Trip to San Diego to see our friends Adam, Megan, and Theodore :). Megan and baby Theo. At the San Diego zoo looking at the fish. Family photo at Seaport Village. hot dog hat :). Playing in the pool with his buddy Theodore :) ...
San Diego Zoo Blogs » Blog Archive » Tortoises Need Heat and Light
We are reaching the mid-point of our second season here at the San Diego Zoo Desert Tortoise Conservation Center in Las Vegas, and we are seeing an increase in the number of pet desert tortoises surrendered to the Pet Tortoise Hotline ...
San Diego Zoo Blogs » Blog Archive » Rhinoceros Hornbills: Romance ...
Mike Grue is a senior keeper at the San Diego Zoo. Posted in Animal Stories, Default, General | Link to this post. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own ...
San Diego Zoo Blogs » Blog Archive » Panda Fan Wave
Here in the San Diego Zoo's Education Department, we are busy preparing for the big Black & White Overnight this weekend! We're super excited for all the special activities and experiences we have planned for our campers, and though we ...
San Diego Zoo Blogs » Blog Archive » A Bittersweet Time
As preparations continue for Su Lin and Zhen Zhen's move to their ancestral homeland, there's a lot going on at the San Diego Zoo Giant Panda Research Station. The girls' last official exhibit day was August 16, which means our priority ...
San Diego Zoo Blogs » Blog Archive » Rhinoceros Hornbills: A Fairy ...
The rhinoceros hornbill Buceros rhinoceros family located in the large aviary across from Big Cat Trail at the San Diego Zoo has a story fit for a fairy tale. Over the past year, the relationship “status” for both male and female went ...
San Diego Zoo Blogs » Blog Archive » Animal Care Center Babies
We here at the Animal Care Center, located in the Nairobi Village area of the San Diego Zoo Safari Park, historically known as the San Diego Zoo's Wild Animal Park, have become surrogate mothers (and fathers) to many orphaned and ...
San Diego Zoo Blogs » Blog Archive » Counting Tortoises
From March to October 2010, we are focusing on completing the tortoise inventory at the San Diego Zoo Desert Tortoise Conservation Center (DTCC) in Las Vegas, and I am happy to say that we are off to a running start! ...
San Diego vacations: Spotlight on San Diego's Sea World and ...
San Diego Zoo's forte is keeping animals in natural settings like aviaries or rain-forests, to make them feel at home. The 2200-acre Wild Animal Park, set in Escondido's San Pasqual Valley, takes this one step further by allowing ...
How can I enjoy vacation in San Diego in a tight budget?
chrstnwrtr on September 6th, 2010 at 11:06 am. It depends on where you're coming from. If you're driving down from the Los Angeles area, then I would suggest that you spend a day at Sea World or the San Diego Zoo and then drive back. ...
San Diego Zoo Blogs » Blog Archive » Polar Bears: Oh, Miss Chinook!
Moderator's note: We have a video page, and from there you select the category you're interested in (in this case, “San Diego Zoo”) and scroll down to find videos of interest. Videos are listed with the most recent at the top of the ...
San Diego Zoo Blogs » Blog Archive » Greetings from the Galápagos ...
We hope to visit Diego, a Galápagos tortoise that once lived at the San Diego Zoo. And, of course, we want to learn more about Lonesome George, the last of his subspecies of Galápagos tortoise, that lives at the Center. ...
San Diego Zoo Blogs » Blog Archive » Dholes: Why the Whistles?
The first morning I met the dholes (Asian wild dogs) I would be studying during my summer fellowship at the San Diego Zoo Institute for Conservation Research, two of the adult dogs were trotting around their enclosure with their four ...
San Diego Zoo Blogs » Blog Archive » New Chapter for Su Lin, Zhen Zhen
When Bai Yun and Shi Shi arrived in San Diego from China in September 1996, the San Diego Zoo made it clear that it was committed to giant panda conservation. Bai Yun and Shi Shi captured the public's attention, and the problems we ...
San Diego Zoo Blogs » Blog Archive » Our Good-bye Girls
But yes, Scout and Montana still call the San Diego Zoo home! Today you saw Blackie, our 25-year-old Manchurian brown bear. The keepers connected two exhibits to give the bears a bigger space, so Blackie and the grizzly brothers take ...
San Diego Zoo Blogs » Blog Archive » One More Thing Before They Go
p.s. Megan, is this hearing study a study exclusive to the San Diego Zoo, did China assign SDZ with the study? Maybe you already mentioned this somewhere. Are there other studies in addition to the hearing study that SDZ is exclusively ...
San Diego Rich In History, Things To See And Do
Balboa Park in San Diego is home to 15 major museums, several performing arts venues, 12 gardens, and many other cultural and recreational attractions including the San Diego Zoo. Visitors can access 13 of the parks attractions buy ...
San Diego Zoo Blogs » Blog Archive » Black Rhino Calf!
Kym has been a carnivore keeper for eight years, but recently switched to caring for herbivores and is writing a series about her new experiences. Read her previous post, New View of Enrichment. The Wild Animal Park welcomed a new baby ...
Ugly Public Art: now with more mollusks « The Shell and Mantle
I did, however, get a chance to spend a full day at the San Diego Zoo. The only invertebrates I saw there were arthropods, including these utterly delightful dung beetles doing their dung beetle thing. I'm sorry to be clogging up my ...
San Diego Zoo Celebrating 'Panda Week' with Tons of Contests ...
Our beloved San Diego Zoo has a knack for getting attention with interesting new media stunts, but this time they've really outdone themselves. In celebration of Panda Week, during which three of the Zoo's famous Giant Pandas have ...
Head to the San Diego Zoo and Gaslamp Quarter for Fall Fun ...
Animals at San Diego Zoo and Gaslamp Quarter nightlife make for a great fall adventure in Southern California.
San Diego Zoo Blogs » Blog Archive » Giraffe Calf Answers
It's not fair that the San Diego zoo and WAP have so many babies! congratulations though on all the baby giraffes and elephant births (births to be). Dianna from Ohio says: July 30th, 2010 at 4:27 pm. Thanks for the update! ...
LaJollaLight.com | Tadpoles bred in San Diego Zoo released
The project to save the species of amphibian is a collaboration between the San Diego Zoo's Institute for Conservation Research, U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and California's Fish and Game ...
San Diego Zoo Blogs » Blog Archive » Making Panda Cakes
This week we're celebrating three panda birthdays at the San Diego Zoo! Are you curious to learn who makes those delightful ice cakes that the pandas find so entertaining? It's the Forage Warehouse staff of the Zoo's Nutritional ...
San Diego Zoo Blogs » Blog Archive » What Name Will You Choose?
Just remember, the elephant calves are at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park, historically called the Wild Animal Park, and the polar bears are at the San Diego Zoo, so be sure to plan accordingly to see everyone. ;-). kathy howell says: ...
News | SDSU | ViewPoints: Sustainability key to a healthier future
A representative of the San Diego Zoo even told us how leaves are designed to enable water to roll off more efficiently, alluding to the design of the new Airbus A380. There was no politics, just a recognition that we must address our ...
San Diego Zoo Blogs » Blog Archive » National Zoo Keeper Week 2010
If you are a San Diego Zoo member, you may recall in the July 2010 ZOONOOZ there was an article about National Zoo Keeper Week. Here in San Diego, there were several things set up to celebrate the unique career of being a professional ...
Urban Koala Update
Koalas at the San Diego Zoo look much like koalas at St. Bees Island; they are healthy, fluffy, and don't seem to have too many worries in their world. In other places, koalas have to deal with cars, dogs, and, in some cases, ...
What Are The Advantages Of Purchasing A Property Through San Diego ...
Famous city attractions – The region is home to some of the most popular city attractions in the U.S such as San Diego Zoo, Sea World, Mission bay, Old Town, Sea Port Village, Maritime museum and many more which makes the city an ideal ...
San Diego Zoo Blogs » Blog Archive » Bamboo Feeding Basics
Suzanne Hall is a senior research technician for the San Diego Zoo Institute for Conservation Research. Posted in Bear Awareness, Conservation, Default, General, Giant Pandas | Link to this post. You can follow any responses to this ...
San Diego Zoo Blogs » Blog Archive » Seeing Red: Biodiversity at Risk
The primary purpose of The San Diego Zoo Institute for Conservation Research is to generate, share, and apply scientific knowledge vital to the conservation of animals and plants. Unfortunately, there are many species in need of this ...
San Diego Zoo Blogs » Blog Archive » Bottle-fed Giraffe
Part of my job as lead keeper at the San Diego Zoo's Wild Animal Park is to take care of the animals, even those that may not have a good mom. This is Majagi the giraffe's story: On April 28, 2010, Crystal the Uganda giraffe had her ...
Cross Country Road Trip | recipegirl.com
Lincoln Park Zoo is FREE, though it can't compare much to our San Diego Zoo! Food highlights in Chicago (we stayed in Lincoln Park): Four Farthings: Awesome Flank Steak Salad and good wine selections Orange Julius: On a hot day, ...
San Diego Zoo Blogs » Blog Archive » Wild CSI: Pandas!
A few weeks ago, the San Diego Zoo's Conservation Education team kicked off their annual, week-long Wild CSI Summer Camp for San Diego middle school students. As I mentioned in my previous blog, Panda Lab for Students, ...
San Diego Zoo Blogs » Blog Archive » Baby Camel: Unexpected Encounter
Tuya, the San Diego Zoo's Bactrian camel calf, has been gaining about 2 pounds (0.9 kilograms) a day since she was born in March, and it was time to give her some more room to run. (Read Laura's previous post, Baby Camel Meets Adults. ...
San Diego Zoo Blogs » Blog Archive » Wild CSI: Pandas! Part 2
At the San Diego Zoo, we test our female pandas' hormone levels (via urine analysis) throughout the year to monitor her reproductive condition. It's a highly useful tool that helps both with breeding introductions as well as preparing ...
Andean Bear Symposium
In addition, the San Diego Zoo provided financial support for this conference, as did numerous other conservation organizations. I am pleased to announce that you can now see much of what Ron and I saw presented. ...
San Diego Zoo Blogs » Blog Archive » Playtime for Wolves, Cheetahs ...
For the first time in the San Diego Zoo's history, we are able to offer our visitors a chance to view a variety of animal ambassadors on exhibit. These ambassadors, trained to travel to off-site events and special animal presentations, ...
Help! Aging Parents: The San Diego Zoo: Perfect For You; Aging ...
Tonight I'm wondering: Why do we see zillions (slight exaggeration) of adult children pushing all types of strollers at the San Diego Zoo, but very few aging parents (or even adult children pushing wheelchairs with seated aging parents) ...
San Diego Zoo Blogs » Blog Archive » First Birthday Bash
My name's Matt Steele, the new social media planner for the San Diego Zoo (which in my not-so-humble opinion is the gig of a lifetime!). As you probably already know, Yun Zi's first birthday was today, and we're excited to report that ...
San Diego Zoo Blogs » Blog Archive » Birthday Celebration
I arrived at the San Diego Zoo and joined the panda programs research team. This has always been a cutting-edge conservation research program and has capitalized on all the resources that the San Diego Zoo has to offer. ...
San Diego Zoo Blogs » Blog Archive » Feeding Frenzy
Every morning, one of the first tasks to be done at the San Diego Zoo Desert Tortoise Conservation Center (DTCC) in Las Vegas is to round up four or five people to feed the desert tortoises that live on site. There are 6 different pen ...
I Think You're Gonna Like It Here: Hotel Grand Del Mar, San Diego ...
Sure you can visit the nearby theme parks (Legoland, Disneyland, San Diego Zoo and Seaworld are all within easy driving distance) but once you check in, you might not want to. It's just so easy to while away the hours doing nothing in ...
San Diego Zoo Blogs » Blog Archive » Desert Tortoise: NOT ...
Manned by staff at the San Diego Zoo's Desert Tortoise Conservation Center (DTCC) in Las Vegas, we're also really excited to have a new employee join the team! Marissa Musso has come on board as the hotline assistant, and she's doing a ...
San Diego Zoo Blogs » Blog Archive » Panda Days of Summer
After months of cool, cloudy days and nights, a mere peep of sunshine along the coast every few days, and San Diego Zoo guests sporting new fleeces and sweatshirts, the weather abruptly shifted to very un-San Diego-like heat and ...
San Diego Zoo Blogs » Blog Archive » Koalas and Cyclone Ului
Unfortunately, fallen trees or large branches now mostly cover my usual tracks around St. Bees Island, so when the other researchers from the San Diego Zoo come out in September and October, we will be taking different routes. ...
San Diego Zoo takes votes to name baby elephant | San Diego ...
The San Diego Zoo is asking for help naming their baby elephant. After over 1000 submissions by San Diegans to provide their top suggestions for a contest to name one of the newest baby elephants at San Diego Zoo's Wild Animal Park, ...
Amazing Photos From San Diego Zoo By Kristi Kinsella | Adam Matano ...
The San Diego Zoo is a great place to see animals of all kinds. They seemed very happy and well cared for in their habitats. As an animal sculptor it is nice to.
Dairy for dromedaries touts benefits of camel milk - KansasCity.com
“Camels are the most adaptive hoofstock on the planet, but they are not designed for bulk production,” said Rod Owlett, an animal care manager at the San Diego Zoo. “Cows have been specifically bred for giving ...
Panda Birthday Week at the San Diego Zoo — Life As Mom
This week the Pandas at the San Diego Zoo had a Birthday Party! Three of the five Giant Pandas all celebrated birthdays this week and we got to attend ZhenZhen's party. She turned 3 and enjoyed a fancy birthday cake, too.
California Vacation Clubs: 5 Destinations to Consider - Resorts ...
Attractions near the resort include the San Diego Wild Animal Park, San Diego Zoo, Sea World, and the Cabrillo National Park. For nature and wildlife lovers, there is some amazing flora and fauna to be explored at these sites. ...
San Diego Zoo Blogs » Blog Archive » Panda Keeper's Day, Part 3
By the end of the mid-day feedings at the San Diego Zoo, it is time for the late-shift keeper to take lunch. The other keeper(s) are busy recording the bamboo weights of the prepared bundles and the weights of the leftover bamboo for ...
San Diego Zoo Blogs » Blog Archive » Bio-mimi-WHAT?!
The first time I explained biomimicry to a stranger, I was in an airport waiting for a flight. My copy of Janine Benyus' book Biomimicry: Innovation Inspired by Nature sat on my lap. The fellow waiting next to me asked what it was about ...
San Diego Zoo Blogs » Blog Archive » Elephant Rush!
“Elephant Rush” at the San Diego Zoo's Wild Animal Park is quite different, yet there is one similarity. The big difference is how much fun you will have: you can't help but smile. The similarity? The elephants are indeed in a hurry! ...
San Diego Zoo Blogs » Blog Archive » Polar Bears: “Who's Who?”
JoAnne Simerson is a senior keeper at the San Diego Zoo. Read her previous post, Polar Bears: A New Look. Posted in Animal Stories, Bear Awareness, Default, General, Polar Bears | Link to this post. You can follow any responses to this ...
San Diego Zoo - Apokalyptik
San Diego Zoo – CodeWord: Apokalyptik | San Diego County News and Views says: July 29, 2010 at 5:31 pm. [...] 12:10 pm and is filed under Random Thoughts. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. ...
San Diego Zoo Blogs » Blog Archive » The Shirt Off My Back
*The San Diego Zoo has been contributing partner of the TSA since its inception, and the TSA has been an active partner in the San Diego Zoo Institute for Conservation Research's conservation project on the red-crowned roof turtle in ...
San Diego Zoo Blogs » Blog Archive » Name the Elephant Calf!
Umoya's son was born near San Diego in the WAP run by the San Diego Zoo, and Henn was from San Diego. Likewise, elephant conservation includes protecting young elephants in central Africa and Invisible Children's efforts include ...
San Diego Zoo: Perfect For You; Aging Parents Too | Help! Aging ...
But I want to talk about Balboa Park and the San Diego Zoo in Balboa park, which we visited today. Just minutes from downtown San Diego by way of the freeway (if it isn't loaded with traffic), this park is a visual treat: acres of ...
San Diego Zoo Holds Week Long Panda Birthday Celebration
Panda Birthday San Diego Zoo The San Diego Zoo has turned Su Lin's fifth birthday into a week long panda birthday celebration. Along with Su Lin's birthday, the San Diego Zoo is celebrating Zhen Zhen's third and the first birthday of ...
San Diego Zoo Blogs » Blog Archive » Panda Keeper's Day, Part 2
Ideally, there are two keepers who start the morning shift at the San Diego Zoo's Giant Panda Research Station, but sometimes scheduling permits only one. The panda care team also has a late keeper, the shift varying throughout the year ...
San Diego Zoo Blogs » Blog Archive » Panda Keeper's Day
The alarm generally goes off at “oh-dark-hundred” in the morning, for most keepers at the San Diego Zoo begin their work day at 6 a.m. Upon arrival at work, one changes into a uniform and shoes that are used only on Zoo grounds. ...
Panda Play « World Video News
The giant panda team at the San Diego Zoo gives; Raw Video: Baby Panda Leaves Den, Sees World Yun Zi the baby panda at the San Diego Zoo; Cat Adopts Baby Red Panda StrangeCat Adopts Baby Red PandaCat Adopts Baby Red PandaThe Associated ...
San Diego Zoo Blogs » Blog Archive » Panda Cub Comparisons
I find it so interesting to see the weight comparisons of the five pandas born at the San Diego Zoo. The chart below was provided by our helpful Nutrition Department staff. You'll have to scroll down a bit to see it, as it's large. ...
Desert Invasions
Due to higher-than-average rainfall this winter, many plants and animals are thriving in the Mojave Desert, a beautiful sight to see for desert rats like staff at the San Diego Zoo Desert Tortoise Conservation Center (DTCC) in Las Vegas ...
San Diego Zoo, Sea World and baseball
Craig and I are exhausted. It's been a busy few days. Our day trip to Rosarito Beach in Mexico today was cancelled, but Craig and I aren't too upset as it gives us a chance to just relax.
LaJollaLight.com | Two pandas born at San Diego Zoo will be sent ...
LaJollaLight.com - Two pandas born at San Diego Zoo will be sent to China.
Cheap Lodging at the Dolphin Motel San Diego | My WoW Gold Blog
Just a few minutes to the San Diego Zoo, Mission Beach, Balboa Park, Old Town and Downtown San Diego, this motel is situated in the SeaWorld Sports Arena. This motel is surrounded by shopping and entertainment areas as well as ...
'Bachelorette' Ali Fedotowsky and Roberto Martinez Visit The San ...
'Bachelorette' Ali Fedotowsky and Roberto Martinez Visit The San Diego Zoo [Photos]. Ali Fedotowsky has been nothing but smiles since the end of this season's “The Bachelorette” where she ended up saying yes to the proposal of Roberto ...
Highlands of the Galápagos
... be the headquarters of the Galápagos National Park, where work has been underway for over 50 years to protect these unique islands and the animals that call them home. Rick Schwartz is a zookeeper and the San Diego Zoo's ambassador.
San Diego Zoo Blogs » Blog Archive » Lion Cubs: All Grown
Now, only one of our “pride of cubs” remains with us at Lion Camp at the San Diego Zoo's Wild Animal Park: Ekundu, the smallest of Oshana and Izu's two boys. All the others are settled into their new homes across the country with loving ...
Traveling Tips | Top Ten Tips For The Best Road Trip Ever
With this card, I saved hundreds of dollars in admissions to Legoland, the Wild Animal Park, the San Diego Zoo and other attractions including a Whale Watch on the Pacific Ocean just by purchasing a Go San Diego Card. ...
San Diego Zoo Blogs » Blog Archive » The Panda Girls
The San Diego Zoo responds: Our agreement with China continues to be that Chinese wildlife authorities will determine the best placement for pandas born at the San Diego Zoo after they are three years old. In many cases, this means that ...
San Diego Zoo Blogs » Blog Archive » New View of Enrichment
Both the San Diego Zoo and the San Diego Zoo's Wild Animal Park have an Enrichment Committee, of which I have been a member since I started working at the Wild Animal Park. The goal of the committee is to promote and share enrichment ...
Baby Elephant Sightings Soar at San Diego Zoo, Thanks to Breeding ...
Diana Zalucky, Disney / Getty Images Good news for those of us who love cute, cuddly and awkward baby elephants! The San Diego Zoo is riding.
The Frozen Zoo was founded in 1972 at San Diego Zoo's Institute ...
The Frozen Zoo was founded in 1972 at San Diego Zoo's Institute for Conservation Research as a repository for skin-cell samples from rare and endangered species. The implications of Loring's breakthrough are clear for those trying to ...
San Diego Zoo Blogs » Blog Archive » Nene: Movin' On Up
Moderator's note: We hope you enjoyed your visit to the San Diego Zoo's Wild Animal Park. The large gray bird you saw is a shoebill stork (see post The Sounds of Shoebills). You may send photos of birds you need to identify to our ...
Rarities, B-Sides and Other Stuff: Cultural Learnings of America ...
While in San Diego we visited Sea World and the famous San Diego Zoo, before moving onto Shelter Island, or the Hawaiian Isle as it's also known. We ended our trip with lots of food and drink (people of Point Break- you are awesome! ...
San Diego Zoo Blogs » Blog Archive » Elephant Manners
In my last post, Umoya's Calf, I mentioned that due to the social hierarchy within the African elephant herd at the San Diego Zoo's Wild Animal Park, the newest elephant calf, born May 12, 2010, to Umoya, has learned to “watch his step” ...
San Diego Zoo Blogs » Blog Archive » Pandas: A Fresh Perspective
I've been away from the San Diego Zoo for a while, but the intervening months have brought many changes to the San Diego Zoo and, of course, to “our” pandas. Coming back to work has given me fresh eyes, almost like a guest, and the Zoo ...
San Diego Zoo Blogs » Blog Archive » Baby Camel Meets Adults
Tuya, our baby Bactrian camel, has been doing great and growing more and more every day (see Baby Camel Care). Our next challenge, now that any health issues are out of the way, is to make sure she knows that she is a camel. ...
The Zygmont's 2 Cents Worth: Our summer at a glance....
Then we went to the San Diego Zoo. Then we went to Sea World And yes, we sat that close to Shamu.... and yes we got SOAKED! Our final day in San Diego we spent at the Wild Animal Park. And we finally got to see some gorillas ...
San Diego Zoo Blogs » Blog Archive » Baby Camel Care
During this time I was also preparing her to be a camel at the San Diego Zoo. This means that she walks on a halter and is accustomed to meeting guests as an animal ambassador. I began placing a very tiny halter on her nose so she would ...
Discover La Jolla in San Diego | Bob Walkabout
San Diego is a city of pristine natural and man-made beauty, as seen with its wonderful beaches and resorts, downtown cultural, historical, and commercial centers, and numerous attractions like SeaWorld San Diego and the San Diego Zoo. ...
