The hospital has cared for more than 50,000 animals while advancing wildlife medicine, conservation, and education 

Experience underwater and beachside moments with Funani, Amahle, and Lupe on your next visit to the San Diego Zoo.

Bachelor herds play a huge role in the development of male African savanna elephants—and that’s no bull.

Caring for Andean bears at the San Diego Zoo leads to remarkable breakthroughs that support conservation of the species worldwide.

Scientists at our Amazonian field station secure the hub's future, training the next generation of wildlife caretakers.

Explore how we're working to make veterinary education more accessible.

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

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.

Local students are discovering the importance of collaboration and teamwork in wildlife conservation.

For the herd of elephants at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park, family isn’t just the main thing. It’s everything.