World Penguin Day is this Saturday (April 25, 2020), and two new residents of the Dan and Vi McKinney Penguin Habitat at the San Diego Zoo are starting the weekend celebration early by practicing what penguins do best—swimming.

At a quiet, off-view area at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park, wildlife care staff are celebrating a momentous milestone—the hatching of an endangered lappet-faced vulture chick.

Amahle, the San Diego Zoo’s youngest river hippo, is growing rapidly—and she’s already showing her curious side, exploring her habitat and seeking out new areas to investigate when her mom, Funani, isn’t right by her side.

Platypus ecologist Josh Griffiths is expressing grave concern about the status of platypus populations in Australia. 

Following nationwide online voting this month, the San Diego Zoo’s new river hippo calf now has a name. The 20-day-old female will be called Amahle (pronounced ah-MA-shay), which means “beautiful one” in Zulu.