The panda pair that arrived at the San Diego Zoo in California, USA, from China earlier this summer will make their eagerly awaited public debut on August 8, the zoo has announced. The two are the first pandas to enter the USA in 21 years. “We are delighted to introduce Yun Chuan [pronounced yoon chu-an] and Xin Bao [pronounced sing bao] to our San Diego Zoo community,” said Paul Baribault, president and chief executive officer...
Seventy critically endangered Mojave Desert tortoises have emerged from their winter burrows after being reintroduced into their native habitat on Edwards Air Force Base in southern California, a press release from the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance said. The alliance and The Living Desert Zoo and Gardens, a global authority on desert plant and wildlife conservation, are working on the desert tortoise recovery programme in partnership with Edwards Air Force Base, the U.S. Fish and...
Some four decades ago, a mere 22 California condors existed in the world. Cut to 2024, and the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance welcomed its 250th California condor hatchling at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park. It is a feat that does not cease to amaze wildlife enthusiasts. Xol-Xol, a California condor that was brought into human care under the California Condor Recovery Program in 1982, deserves a fair bit of the credit for the...
