Inside specialized tanks at the facility, racks full of living cells, sperm, and eggs from more than 1,300 different species are preserved at -320 degrees Fahrenheit to prevent degradation.

The San Diego City Council approved a $2. 15 billion budget for the new fiscal year after modifying the mayor's budget.

The San Diego City Council voted 7-2 Tuesday to approve a budget that avoided many previously threatened cuts to library and ...

Conservation specialists from San Diego Zoo Global look for diseases that may impact wild populations of one colorful species ...

Clarence, the 600-pound Galápa­gos tortoise and oldest resident at The Teaching Zoo at Moorpark College, celebrated his 102nd birthday in grand fashion on May 24 with a crowd of admirers, a custom ...

San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance is now leading an ambitious global initiative to make biodiversity banking—the preservation of genetic material in many forms—a tool for species conservation ...

SAN DIEGO, May 15, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Fifty years ago, San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance's Frozen Zoo ® began preserving living genetic material, long before scientists knew how it might be used.

San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance is now leading an ambitious global initiative to make biodiversity banking—the preservation of genetic material in many forms—a tool for species conservation worldwide.

The arrival of these beloved bears was commemorated with a lavish opening ceremony that saw Mayor Todd Gloria, Governor Gavin Newsom, and San Diego Zoo president Paul Baribault celebrating the global ...

A pair of pandas are making their big American debut. Two giant pandas from China have officially arrived at the San Diego Zoo with the grand re-opening of their exhibit on Aug. 8. The pandas ...