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Understanding the effects of gold mining is crucial to protecting wildlife in the Peruvian Amazon.
Regenerative medicine is proving to be a vital new therapeutic tool, offering vast new possibilities in veterinary care.
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.
Polar bears at the San Diego Zoo are making a vital difference for their species.
SDZWA and our partners use customized drones to collect killer whale breath and monitor orca health in real time.
Local students are discovering the importance of collaboration and teamwork in wildlife conservation.
SAN DIEGO (Nov. 27, 2023) – When a mysterious illness called “sea star wasting syndrome” decimated 95% of the sunflower sea star population, and some 20 other sea star species along the Pacific Coast from Baja to Alaska in 2013, scientists rallied to understand the factors that caused such a massive wasting event. Now as part of the greater recovery initiative, in a scientific first, dozens of baby sunflower sea stars were hatched and are thriving thanks to a breakthrough in reproductive cell cryopreservation technology.
It takes a team and some careful observation to keep the San Diego Zoo's colony of 25 black-and-white African penguins in the pink.
In the quest to save a true Southwest icon, we've teamed up with the California Mountain Lion Project.
For the herd of elephants at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park, family isn’t just the main thing. It’s everything.