The Red Wolf Species Survival Plan launched the #Howl4Wolves challenge to raise awareness for the critically endangered red wolf. There are only 62 known red wolves in the wild, and all that remain live in North Carolina. This challenge was prompted by… read more →
The Los Angeles Zoo has been bustling with a boom of baby births! Recent newborns include a colobus monkey, kangaroo joey, giraffe calf, chimps, piranha, and koala joeys. The Zoo’s breeding programs play a vital role in conservation efforts by sustaining… read more →
Saiga antelope, relicts surviving from the ice age, look more like Dr. Seuss characters than real animals. The saiga’s bulbous nose—its most noticeable characteristic and the one that gives it its cartoonish appearance—has helped this creature survive in some of… read more →
Good things come to those who wait, and in June of last year, animal transactions that Curator of Amphibians and Reptiles Ian Recchio had been planning since 2010, when the Zoo’s Komodo dragons Buru and Lima produced their first clutch of eggs, began to come through. read more →
For the past 25 years, animal keepers across the U.S. have donated their time to hold Bowling for Rhinos (BFR) fundraisers, which have generated more than $5 million for rhino conservation. Los Angeles keepers have participated in this event for six years now, and in that time we have raised $217,000—more than twice the amount of the next closest chapter over the same period. As a result of this success, I was lucky enough to be awarded an honorary trip to Kenya to visit our primary beneficiary, the Lewa Wildlife Conservancy. read more →
