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A frozen zoo is an extensive collection of living cell lines preserved for valuable conservation, research, and future use.
The “unprecedented partnership” is in honor of T. Denny Sanford’s contributions to both the Sioux Falls and San Diego zoos.
SAN DIEGO — As an ambassador for rats, it’s never easy to win over the public. There’s that hairless tail after all. But Runa at the San Diego Zoo is doing her best to counter the bad press.
Colchester Zoo has waved goodbye to their four-year-old white rhino as he headed for Spain. Tayo left the zoo for Safari Madrid last Tuesday, where he will be joining a bachelor herd as part of an ...
The Frozen Zoo at San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance stores cell cultures from numerous rhinoceros individuals, including the now-extinct northern white rhino subspecies. This genetic repository ...
DES MOINES, Iowa — A rare rhino will have a new home at Blank Park Zoo in Des Moines. Ajani Joe, known as “AJ," was born at the Cincinnati Zoo in 2020. The zoo says his name means “he who ...
Blank Park Zoo's newest addition is a ton of fun. Literally. Ajani Joe — known as AJ — is a 4-year-old, 2,300-pound eastern black rhinoceros who comes to Des Moines from the Cincinnati Zoo ...
DES MOINES, Iowa — There’s a new rhino at Des Moines’ Blank Park Zoo. The zoo announced Wednesday that four-year-old male “AJ” had joined the fold. The eastern black rhino comes from the Cincinnati ...
DES MOINES, Iowa — There’s a new rhino at Des Moines’ Blank Park Zoo. The zoo announced Wednesday that four-year-old male “AJ” had joined the fold. The eastern black rhino comes from the ...
From 1925: The San Diego Zoo came to the rescue of silent movie star Nell Shipman’s menagerie of animals. More than 40 animals, which she had used in her wildlife adventure movies, had been ...
Local and state lawmakers are calling for a federal investigation into a recent U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raid that took place at two popular San Diego restaurants.
Reps. Scott Peters, Juan Vargas, Sara Jacobs, all D-San Diego, and Rep. Mike Levin, D-Dana Point, penning the letter with Sen. Adam Schiff, D- California, also expressed concerns over ICE ...