Researchers with the San Diego Zoo rescued a dozen koalas from raging bushfires in Australia and plan to strengthen their efforts to protect the devastated species from the fires tearing through their habitat. Researchers were able to find the koalas as fires more than 2.5 million acres wide ravaged the Blue Mountains region of New South Wales, Australia, thanks to…

Here’s a closer look at those adorable zoo babies running, eating, resting, playing and living their zoo baby lives to the fullest.

A team of eye experts has operated on an unusual patient — a gorilla. A cataract was removed on Dec. 10 from the left eye of a 3-year-old western lowland gorilla who lives at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park, the park announced Monday.

The San Diego Zoo announced the death of one of its elephants Monday, and condolences poured in online for the majestic mammal who was a staple at the park for decades.

Here are some of the biggest holiday events through December.

A white rhino born last month at San Diego Zoo Safari Park has been named Future for what the calf represents to rhino conservation worldwide, officials said. The baby is bonding with her mother and frolicking in a maternity yard left wet by recent storms. “Future’s new favorite thing is mud,” zookeeper Marco Zeno said. “She sees a puddle...

NBC 7’s Ashley Matthews has where to park for December Nights in Balboa Park.

Two new platypuses zip, dive and splash in their new exhibit at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park but — as the first of their species to live outside Australia in a half-century — the pair of semi-aquatic mammals play a larger role to conservation.

The San Diego Zoo just got a special addition. NBC 7’s Marianne Kushi has what’s up.

In typical feline fashion, humans were in awe and took photos, while the cat just tried to sleep.

One of San Diego’s most beloved holiday traditions will once again take the spotlight at Balboa Park this Friday: December Nights.

Straight out of a horror movie – a frenzy of sharks swarms the shores of San Diego? Not quite. But dozens of usually-harmless leopard sharks returned to La Jolla’s coast just in time for Halloween.

For the month of October, kids can get into the San Diego Zoo for free, just in time for the park’s Halgoween parties. NBC 7’s Audra Stafford has more.

On average, more than 7,200 vehicles are broken into in the city of San Diego each year. Of those, 97 percent are never solved.

Several spots, including San Diego Zoo and San Diego Zoo Safari Park, will waive admission for children, all month long.

There’s no better time to be a kid in San Diego than in October, barring Christmas of course. October is Kids Free month at more than 100 participating restaurants, attractions and hotels in San Diego. The means you can take the family out for a day of fun without breaking the bank.

She is a survivor in every sense of the word. Noya Dahan is the youngest shooting victim in last April’s synagogue attack at the Chabad of Poway and, this past Sunday, she celebrated an important milestone: turning 9 years old.

Several museums in Balboa Park closed due to a gas leak at the San Diego Zoo. NBC 7’s Rory Devine has more.