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The birth of tortoises native to Santa Cruz Island in the Galápagos increases their U.S. population from 44 to 48. A few ...
The aircraft conducted a flight between Santa Ana John Wayne Airport (SNA) and Denver International Airport (DEN). This is not the first bird strike incident this month. A United Airlines Airbus ...
Filly arrived at the zoo Jan. 23 from the Belize Zoo & Tropical Education Center. After her arrival, she went through a standard quarantine period and related onboarding care from zoo staff.
Santa Barbara has ... and a variety of birds. Depending on the time of year, you might be able to visit during a special seasonal event; our trip overlapped with its annual Zoo Lights holiday ...
The 47-year-old gibbon remarkably exceeded her life expectancy due in large part to the amazing care she received over the years here at the Santa Barbara Zoo. In recent months, regular welfare and ...
Robert Davis, 61, has been charged with first-degree murder in the 1989 disappearance of Barbara Lenz. Davis was Lenz's boyfriend at the time of her disappearance and had a history of violence ...
Soprano and conductor Barbara Hannigan of Nova Scotia was named one of three recipients of music's Polar Prize on Tuesday, along with Herbie Hancock and Queen. The committee for the Sweden-based ...
The Santa Barbara Zoo’s longest current resident has died. The Zoo announced Friday that 47-year-old white-handed gibbon Jamine had lived with diabetes for the last nine years and exceeded her ...
The Santa Barbara Zoo is pleased to announce the appointment of Jim Jackson as the new Chair, and welcomes Ozlem Arconian, Hillary Courtemanche, Rhonda Ledson Henderson, and Jennifer Perry to serve as ...
Over the past two decades, Jackson has worked extensively with nonprofits. He has served on the Santa Barbara Zoo Board of Directors as vice chair, and transition committee chair for the zoo’s ...
experts say birds are under some of the highest risk right now for bird flu, but the Denver Zoo Conservation Alliance is keeping a close eye on all of their animals and working to limit chances ...
human-caused threat — just months after being released from the Los Angeles Zoo into the wild. The bird, Pey-noh-pey-o-wok, had been flying freely for only three months when he died in the ...