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Nocturnal Wildlife's Sensory Superpowers 

Fall Fun and Food at the San Diego Zoo and Safari Park

With the help from the San Diego Zoo's polar bears—and some amazing technology—we're learning a lot about the great ice bear.

There’s an important part of the San Diego Zoo Safari Park that most guests never see.

Technology is making a powerful difference in the world of conservation, and our teams are at the forefront.

SAN DIEGO (Jan. 30, 2024) – San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance and San Diego State University (SDSU) are joining forces to usher in a new way of studying snakes. In a collaboration between San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance and Rulon Clark, Ph.D., professor of biology at SDSU, biologists are tagging wild rattlesnakes with external transmitters and accelerometers. Previously, telemetry devices on snakes had to be surgically implanted—severely limiting this area of study. San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance and SDSU are among the first to use acceleration technology to study snakes.

Understanding the effects of gold mining is crucial to protecting wildlife in the Peruvian Amazon.

Polar bears at the San Diego Zoo are making a vital difference for their species.

SDZWA and our partners use customized drones to collect killer whale breath and monitor orca health in real time.