We’re doing our part to protect vital, vibrant native plants, and so can you.

The Diversity and Resilience of San Diego County Flora

Wildlife and Symbiotic Relationships

Local pollinators have a place to flourish at the San Diego Zoo 

How Wildlife Do It—and Why

There's More than Meets the Eye 

Plants that bloom in the dark

Illegal orchid trafficking is causing a global decline. Learn what you can do to help.

What’s the buzz about pollinators? Here’s a look at how mighty these tiny species are.

SAN DIEGO (Dec. 19, 2023) – For more than a decade, the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance’s entomology team has collaborated with Australia’s Melbourne Zoo to maintain populations of the critically endangered Lord Howe Island stick insect. For the first time in North America, visitors to the San Diego Zoo will have the opportunity to see these rare, nocturnal insects in a specialized habitat at the Zoo’s Wildlife Explorers Basecamp.