The San Diego Zoo Safari Park wildlife care specialists know how popular the Safari Park’s annual spring Butterfly Jungle event is to the thousands of guests who visit each year. While the Safari Park is temporarily closed to on-grounds visitors due to COVID-19 restrictions, dedicated teams of wildlife care specialists and horticulturists are still busy working hard to care for the thousands of butterflies, plants and other wildlife that live inside the Hidden Jungle aviary.

Researchers from San Diego Zoo Global and Embryo Plus South Africa performed an ovum pick-up (OPU) procedure on Nikita, a 9-year-old female southern white rhinoceros at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park’s Nikita Kahn Rhino Rescue Center, on March 6.

Future, a 10-week-old southern white rhino calf at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park, made a new friend when she met 6-month-old southern white rhino calf Edward, on Saturday (Feb. 1, 2020.)

Throughout the entire month of February 2020, the San Diego Zoo Safari Park is extending a big welcome to seniors by offering free admission to guests 65 years and older.

Future, an 8-week-old female southern white rhino calf at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park, experienced a “first” today (Jan. 17, 2020) when she was able to explore an area new to her at the Nikita Kahn Rhino Rescue Center with her mother, Amani.