SAN DIEGO (Jan. 9, 2024) – To apply cutting-edge technology to the conservation of koalas, San Diego Wildlife Alliance is partnering with Illumina, a leading genomic sequencing technology company, through the Illumina iConserve program to sequence the whole genomes (an individual’s complete set of DNA) of nearly 100 koalas residing in North America over the past 30 years. Whole genome sequencing is integral to learning more about Koala Retrovirus, KoRV – a virus that can insert into the koala genome and is associated with various health issues in koalas including immunosuppression and cancer.

SAN DIEGO (Oct. 11, 2023) – San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance has been recognized for its expertise in wildlife biobanking, and has partnered with the Species Survival Commission (SSC) of the world’s largest conservation organization—the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)—to form the new Center for Species Survival: Biodiversity Banking. The new center is the first ever to have a strategy focus rather than a taxonomic one.

The second-ever Przewalski's horse clone has arrived to his new home at the Safari Park.

In the face of increasing biodiversity loss, biobanks like ours play an essential role in conservation.

When it comes to a healthy ecosystem, biodiversity is key.

For naked mole-rats, it’s one for all, and all for one.

Frozen conservation is helping to secure the future for endangered species.

Using data from eDNA techniques, scientists are exploring how to protect platypuses and their watery habitat.