At the San Diego Zoo, 11-year-old lowland gorilla female Azizi was trying hard to care for her firstborn baby. Frank, a healthy male, was born September 4, 2008. Azizi, who was hand reared, was cradling the infant and keeping him close to her body to provide warmth. Though Frank weighed in at a whop...

Since hatching three weeks ago, the Zoo's harpy eagle chick has grown from a helpless little ball of fluff to, well, a significantly larger ball of fluff. (Read Beau's previous blog, Harpy Eagle Chick.) The chick doubled in size in just about a week and now (at almost three weeks) weighs n...

So, how DO you learn to handle a hedgehog? Very carefully! Despite their spiky appearance, these prickly little critters just happen to be incredible animal ambassadors for the San Diego Zoo. (Animal Ambassadors are creatures that can get up close and personal with our guests, helping people learn a...

It’s hard to believe that our little cubs at the Wild Animal Park's Lion Camp are already one year old. Where did the time go? (see blog, Lion Cubs Grow by the Minute.) It seems like only yesterday we were looking into those soft brown eyes, wondering, "Are you Tamu or Laini?" "...