San Diego Zoo

A San Diego Zoo wildlife care specialist was bitten Monday by a venomous snake while they were in an area away from the public, an official said.

A San Diego Zoo wildlife care specialist was bitten Monday by a venomous snake while they were in an area away from the public, an official said.

A father is facing a child endangerment charge for allegedly bringing his 2-year-old into an elephant habitat at the San Diego Zoo on Friday, according to San Diego police.

NBC 7’s Lauren Coronado spoke with a resident who witnessed the incident.

A father took his toddler into an elephant habitat at the San Diego Zoo. NBC 7’s Lauren Coronado spoke to a man who watched it all unfold.

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.

SkyRanger 7 video of the San Diego Zoo’s Elephant Odyssey

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.

Nine apes from the San Diego Zoo have been vaccinated with an experimental COVID-19 drug meant for animals. The doses were given after a recent outbreak of COVID-19 among the zoo’s gorilla troop.

Orangutans and bonobos at the San Diego Zoo have been vaccinated against COVID-19 after other apes, the Safari Park’s gorillas, became infected with COVID-19.

Scientists have cloned the first U.S. endangered species, a black-footed ferret duplicated from the genes of an animal that died over 30 years ago

U.S. Fish and Wildlife scientists have cloned the endangered black-footed ferret.

The San Diego Zoo and Safari Park are welcoming visitors once again, but with a reservation. NBC 7’s Ramon Galindo shows us how important the zoo’s re-opening is to the local economy.

The San Diego Zoo and Safari park reopened Saturday following California lifting the stay-at-home orders on Monday. “We are so excited to be open now to be making our contributions not only to make a strong connection with nature, and our guests, but also to employ team members and to make that contribution to the local economy,” said Dwight Scott,…

NBC 7’s Ramon Galindo is at the San Diego Zoo with more information on reopening.

With the lifting of the regional stay-home order, San Diego’s temporarily shuttered business sectors are beginning to emerge, including iconic spots like the San Diego Zoo and Safari Park and USS Midway Museum, but also nail salons and a host of others.

There’s no more stay-at-home order, but Purple Tier restrictions are still in place. NBC 7’s Artie Ojeda explains the changes.

The San Diego Zoo and San Diego Zoo Safari Park will soon require a reservation for visitors to enter their parks.