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Banned Contaminants Threaten Endangered California Condors, San Diego Researchers Find
A new study led by San Diego conservationists found that marine mammals eaten by the critically endangered California Condors contain such high levels of now-banned contaminants it may be harming their birds’ reproductive systems.
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San Diego Zoo Gets New Executive Director
Officials said new executive director Erika Kohler was critical in the opening of new habitats, including Africa Rocks in 2017, Komodo Kingdom and the Hummingbird Habitat in 2021 and the Denny Sanford Wildlife Explorers Basecamp in March 2022.
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Protecting the Peninsular Pronghorn With GPS Collars
Wildlife conservationists in the United States and Mexico can now track the peninsular pronghorn for the first time.
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Tracking the Peninsular Pronghorn
Wildlife conservationists in the United States and Mexico can now track the peninsular pronghorn for the first time. NBC 7’s Ana Cristina Sanchez has the story.
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San Diego Scientists Help Transplanted Owls Feel at Home by Scattering Fake Poop
Settling into a new home can be tough for anyone. So scientists have come up with some tricks to make transplanted burrowing owls feel like they are not alone in their new digs.
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Orangutan Born at San Diego Zoo, Son of ‘Much Loved' Satu, Who Died Dec. 22
Orangutan infant Kaja was born less than two weeks following his father’s death at the San Diego Zoo
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Baby Giraffe Born at San Diego Zoo Safari Park on Betty White's 100th Birthday
A giraffe calf born Monday at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park was the perfect gift to the late actress and wildlife advocate, Betty White, on what would have been her 100th birthday.
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San Diego Zoo Safari Park Needs Your Help, Name a Baby Rhino
Calling all animal lovers: tonight is the last night to cast your vote!
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Tigers at Safari Park May Have Been Exposed to COVID-19
A group of Sumatran tigers at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park is suspected to have been exposed to the virus that causes COVID-19, prompting the closure of that park’s Tiger Trail habitat, zoo officials said Tuesday.
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Threatened Burrowing Owl Gets Chance to Thrive in the Wild
About two dozen burrowing owls that hatched at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park have been given a chance to not only survive but thrive in the wild thanks to a program to reintroduce the locally threatened bird into Ramona grasslands.
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Burrowing Owl Conservation Program Sees Great Results
NBC 7’s Dagmar Midcap shows us how a conservation program in Ramona is helping to restore the population of burrowing owls throughout the county.
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San Diego Zoo Global Rebranding With Focus on Conservation
San Diego Zoo Global used the occasion of World Wildlife Day Wednesday to rebrand itself as San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance with the intent of broadening approaches to protecting and conserving wildlife around the globe. The new brand identity is intended to emphasize that the health of wildlife, people and the environment are interconnected and linked to the health of…
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San Diego Zoo Rebranding With Focus on Conservation
The San Diego Zoo is rebranding so it can shine a brighter, broader light on all wildlife. NBC 7’s Dagmar Midcap has more.