We are committed to removing disease as a roadblock to wildlife conservation. We achieve this through comprehensive disease surveillance programs, disease outbreak investigations, and targeted disease research for all of the animals in our care, including the San Diego Zoo and Safari Park collections and our field conservation programs.
If you’re from the Western U.S. and have a dog, you’ve probably heard of “fox tails.” This is a generic term referring to a number of species of spiky grasses. You wouldn...
A year ago, we were saddened by the death of our beloved 10-year-old cheetah, Teensey. Our veterinarians made the tough decision to euthanize Teensey after she was hospitalized for several...
As a pathologist in Disease Investigations, one of my roles is protection of our vast animal collection through surveillance of diseases in native wildlife. Our two facilities, the Zoo and Safari...
What can the friends of your friends (your friends’ friends), whom you’ve never met, say about you? It turns out a lot. Studies using network models to better understand...
DNA encodes a gold mine of information about macroorganisms and microorganisms. It is a blueprint to life that many scientists worldwide are working to unravel.
There are numerous examples...
