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 ...

A member of the first batch of Galápagos tortoises to arrive at the San Diego Zoo died last week, the zoo announced Monday ...

A man who climbed over 18 feet to enter a lion's enclosure was fatally attacked in front of horrified zoo visitors. Gerson de ...

After Shawn Dixon finished college with a criminal justice degree, he packed up his pickup and drove from Sacramento to Alaska. He had planned to stay a summer to enjoy the natural beauty of the 49th ...

Gramma, a Galápagos tortoise and the San Diego Zoo’s oldest animal, died Thursday at an estimated 141 years old. Zoo officials humanely euthanized the reptile due to “ongoing bone conditions related ...

We want animals to roam free as much as the next person, but there has to be some limit. You shouldn’t have to share an escalator with a wildebeest or hippo, unless you that's what you want.Here are 1 ...

A bear that was in danger of electrocution on a utility pole in Arizona was rescued by a lineman who poked the animal with a ...

Her life spanned a tumultuous period of U.S. and world history, from Chester Arthur to Donald Trump. To San Diegans, she was a beloved local celebrity.

Authorities in Texas responded to an "a-mooo-sing situation" when a "bovine brigade" of three bulls escaped for a "moonlight ...

According to Smithsonian National Zoo, giant pandas are shy animals and avoid interaction with humans, and biting occurs only ...

A juvenile orange-fronted parakeet seized by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Office of Law Enforcement at the Otay Mesa ...