Rolf Benirschke, a former NFL placekicker and son of renowned conservationist Dr. Kurt Benirschke, has been elected the chair ...

Even the most dedicated doomscrollers smile once in a while. Here’s a look back at some of the stories that captured attention around the world and provided moments of brightness throughout 2025: Art ...

The brazen heist at the world’s most visited museum in November wasn’t just a whodunit, it was a “who wore it.” Hours after thieves snatched the French crown jewels from the Louvre, an AP photographer ...

SAN DIEGO — On Thursday, the San Diego Zoo announced that it welcomed a new resident, a female giant anteater. Named Laura Garcia, the 12-year-old giant anteater arrived as part of the Association of ...

Dec. 9 (UPI) --The San Diego Zoo announced the birth of a giraffe calf to a first-time mother who was also born at the zoo years earlier. The zoo announced Masai giraffe Mawe gave birth to her first ...

SAN DIEGO (KGTV) — The San Diego Zoo announced the birth of a giraffe. The zoo said Mawe, a Masai giraffe at the zoo, welcomed her first calf on Sunday, November 30, 2025. Visitors can now see mom and ...

The giraffe habitat at the San Diego Zoo just got a new resident. A new calf was born on Nov. 30 between Mawe, its mother, and Chifu, the father. Both parents are Masai giraffes who were born at the ...

Groups of school children and visitors were in awe of a small animal-inspired Cirque du Soleil performance at the San Francisco Zoo and Gardens on Friday morning that was done to promote animal ...

Families go wild when visiting San Diego, and when they throw in animal encounters, it gets even better. But here’s the catch: there are two big-name wildlife attractions in San Diego, and they’re ...

Gramma, a 141-year-old Galapagos tortoise and the San Diego Zoo’s oldest resident, has died. She came from the Bronx Zoo nearly a century ago and was known as the "Queen of the Zoo." Visitors and ...

Gramma, the San Diego Zoo’s oldest Galapagos tortoise, died at age 141. She arrived at the zoo between 1928 and 1931 and became a community icon. “Her story has become woven into the very fabric of ...