African Elephant - San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance Conservation Status: IUCN Red List – VulnerableThreats to Survival: Habitat loss and fragmentation; poaching; human-elephant conflict; climate change A Long History of InvolvementAn umbrella species and ecosystem engineer, the conservation of the African elephant is of global significance For more than a decade, conserving this iconic species has been a high priority for San Diego Zoo
International Vulture Awareness Day | San Diego Zoo While best known for our conservation work with the California condor, San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance has cared for and protected many of the world’s vulture species From Our Vulture Experts San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance conservation scientists and wildlife care specialists share what goes into protecting vultures each and every day
Platypus - San Diego Zoo Wildlife Explorers Did you know that animals produce electric fields? Probably not, because the electrical fields an animal makes are too weak for us to feel Platypuses are much better at detecting electricity than we are Sense organs on a platypus’s bill detect even weak electrical fields—and help a platypus find its food
Making Waves | San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance Greg Vicino, vice president of wildlife care at the San Diego Zoo, sees the hippo home improvement project as a win-win for the hippos and Zoo guests “This habitat has always been a special place for people to connect with these amazing animals,” he says “But in line with our mission, we always improve where we can, whenever we can ”
Behind the Horn - San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance The greater one-horned rhino has risen from the critically endangered dust: in the 1900s, its numbers plummeted to about 200 animals, but today 3,330 animals live throughout India and Nepal While reintroduction projects have begun, poaching and habitat loss remain a looming threat
Tiny Mouse, Big Deal | San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance These overlooked species can often be found in our own backyards—like the Pacific pocket mouse,” said Debra Shier, Ph D , Brown Endowed Associate Director of Recovery Ecology at San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance, as she accepted a plaque commemorating Pat’s significant age
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