A timeline of inspiration, impact, and innovative wildlife conservation

For the herd at Elephant Valley, life is better together.

Explore a few tales of conservation triumphs that bring hope for wildlife.

Honoring the Past, Safeguarding Our Future

Take a deep dive into the unique and semiaquatic world of the San Diego Zoo's river hippos.

Mom means a lot of different things in the world of wildlife.

An unusual set of twins is duplicating hope for Przewalski's horses.

SAN DIEGO (Nov. 30, 2023) – Scientists at San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance have achieved a major milestone in saving wildlife species: With a blue-eyed black lemur’s cells recently added to its Wildlife Biodiversity Bank’s Frozen Zoo®, the nonprofit conservation organization’s unique collection of genetic material now contains 11,00o individual cell lines from more than 1,250 species and subspecies—some critically endangered. No other biobank in the world has a comparable number of living cell lines, with the potential to reverse losses of genetic diversity and contribute to population sustainability for  endangered and threatened wildlife species.

Biodiversity banking is a critical component of conservation, and the need for it is more urgent than ever.