San Diego Union-Tribune

The San Diego Zoo has $1 billion, and millions pour in each year. It’s about to get another income stream.

San Diego property owners will steer more than $20 million to the San Diego Zoo this year, a tax subsidy voters approved back in 1934 when they wanted to make sure the wildlife attraction would remain ...
Times of San Diego

San Diego Zoo discovers new palm species – at the zoo

Nestled in the shade next to the flamingo lagoon, a new plant species has been quietly growing at the San Diego Zoo. The dainty bamboo palm, as it is now named, is a new plant species that was ...
USA Today

Zoo mourns giant tortoise that lived over 140 years

Gramma, the beloved Galapagos tortoise who lived at the San Diego Zoo for nearly a century, has died on Nov. 20. She was (about) 141. The zoo's care team "made the compassionate and exceptionally ...
radaronline

Zoo Horror: Shocking Footage Captures the Moment a Massive Gorilla Breaks the Glass Wall of San Diego Enclosure as Terrified Onlookers Watch

Visitors to the San Diego Zoo almost got too close to the animals on display, RadarOnline.com can report, after a 10-year-old western lowland gorilla nearly broke through a tempered glass panel and ...
Los Angeles Times

San Diego Zoo mourns deaths of three beloved animals in less than a week

It has been a challenging time for the San Diego Zoo, where three beloved animals — a polar bear, giraffe and gorilla — died within days of each other. The latest death occurred Monday, when Maka, a ...
Los Angeles Times

‘Terrifying’: Charging gorilla breaks enclosure glass at San Diego Zoo

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Katja Sutil was enjoying her visit to the San Diego Zoo’s gorilla enclosure when one of the massive apes suddenly ...
New York Post

Oldest resident of San Diego Zoo, Gramma the Galapagos tortoise, dies at estimated 141 years old

LOS ANGELES — After more than a century of munching on her favorite foods of romaine lettuce and cactus fruit, beloved Galapagos tortoise Gramma, the oldest resident of the San Diego Zoo, has died.
CBS News

Gramma the Galápagos tortoise, San Diego Zoo's oldest resident, dies at about 141

After more than a century of munching on her favorite foods of romaine lettuce and cactus fruit, beloved Galápagos tortoise Gramma, the oldest resident of the San Diego Zoo, has died. Gramma was born ...
San Diego Union-Tribune

How San Diego Zoo lost a 30-year-plus member

Re “San Diego Zoo assets at $1B and rising” (Nov. 23): There was no mention of the customer experience in this article. I’ve been a member of the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance for over 30 years and ...
NPR

When an earthquake struck San Diego, these elephants formed an 'alert circle'

When a 5.2 magnitude earthquake hit Southern California on Monday, humans followed the usual drill: drop, cover and hold on. But one herd of elephants at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park in Escondido, ...
CNN

Gramma the Galápagos tortoise, oldest resident of San Diego Zoo, dies at about 141

After more than a century of munching on her favorite foods of romaine lettuce and cactus fruit, beloved Galápagos tortoise Gramma, the oldest resident of the San Diego Zoo, has died. Gramma was born ...