A pair of flamingos have become first-time parents at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park after hatching an egg together. And they're both dads. The male foster parents—both in their 40s—are raising one of six chicks born this year at the North County park, which cares for nearly 100 lesser flamingos with their distinctive long legs, flexible necks and pink feathers.

Located in the San Pasqual Valley, about 35 miles northeast of downtown San Diego, the San Diego Zoo Safari Park offers an immersive experience that is different, yet complementary, to a visit to the San Diego Zoo itself. Spanning 1,800 acres, the San Diego Zoo Safari Park is a world...

Health officials in San Diego County are issuing a public warning after a bat found inside San Diego Zoo Safari Park tested positive for rabies. The bat, discovered on Monday at 2:15 p.m., was not part of the park's exhibit and was found in an area off-limits to guests. Visitors to the park who did not have physical contact with the bat are at no risk for rabies, but there's an ongoing search for anyone who might have come into contact with the animal.

“[Platypuses] are all kinds of wrong,” says Hendrik Nollens, vice president of Wildlife Health with San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance. “They’re a mammal, they lay eggs, they have a mouth that looks like the bill of a duck, the males are venomous…” Still, watching the Frankensteined critters—the only two in the world outside of Australia—dart around the water in their home at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park feels, well, all kinds of right.

ESCONDIDO, Calif. (KGTV) — If you visit the San Diego Zoo Safari Park in Escondido, you will notice the flamingos have the same colors as the Padres. That is not the only thing they have in common: The birds actually hang out on mounds made of baseball clay. "The...

Did you know that a group of meerkats is called a mob? San Diego Zoo thought it would be fun to introduce their meerkat mob, and they did it in the best way possible! The Zoo shared this video complete with family introductions in late September, and it will crack you up.  The video is set to ...Continue reading

SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — Staff with the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance, Living Coast Discovery Center and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service recently released seven endangered birds in Ventura County. According to a release by the wildlife alliance Thursday, three of the juvenile light-footed Ridgway’s rails hatched at...

San Diego’s only accredited big cat and bear sanctuary Lions Tigers & Bears in Alpine just entered its 23rd year as a safe haven for abandoned and abused animals, the lucky ones who have been rescued and live a life as the wild animals they are. Both children and adults can observe the over 60 lions, tigers, bears, leopards, bobcats and farm animals in their habitats on a two-hour guided educational visit of the sanctuary to learn about the importance of ending the exotic animal trade.

A little more than two months after two giant pandas — the first sent to the U.S. in 21 years — debuted at the San Diego Zoo, fans can now do a virtual pop-in. "Xin Bao and Yun Chuan have acclimated beautifully to their expansive, bamboo-filled homes and now their playful antics and natural behaviors can be observed from anywhere," the zoo said in a news release.