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September 27, 2018
From sea level to a height of 6,535 feet at the top of Hot Springs Mountain, San Diego County offers such diverse habitats that it’s no wonder we have more plant taxa found in our county than in any other...
September 27, 2018
Mara is an amazing conservation success story. Mara (which means “spotted” in some African languages) is a reticulated giraffe now roaming freely within the breathtaking Namunyak Conservancy in northern...
September 25, 2018
There’s only one living bear species in all of South America, and we don’t know much about it. Worse, what we think we know might not be completely accurate.
Though Andean bears (Tremarctos ornatus) are...
September 13, 2018
Botswana has an extensive protected area network, and these areas are rich in wildlife abundance and diversity. However, less is known about the wildlife diversity in non-protected areas. As any farmer in Botswana...
September 12, 2018
A question that I get almost every time I explain to people what I do as part of the Reproductive Sciences team at the Institute for Conservation Research is, “How do you do that?” Well, it’s...
September 11, 2018
If you’ve ever dreamed of Africa—and many of us have! —you will enjoy being part of our Wildwatch Kenya team, which classifies field photos taken at two conservancies in northern Kenya....
September 10, 2018
In 2010, a comprehensive ecological assessment of Sera Community Conservancy was conducted in order to establish the estimated ecological carrying capacity for black rhinos in the 355-square kilometers (km) covered...
September 10, 2018
Westgate Community Conservancy was formed by Northern Rangelands Trust (NRT) in 2004 from the Ngutuk Ongiron Group Ranch. San Diego Zoo Global (SDZG) has been supporting Westgate Conservancy from almost its...
August 28, 2018
Multiple times every week, biologists from the San Diego Zoo Institute for Conservation Research don yellow vests, affix a blinking light onto their truck, and contact Naval Base Coronado's North Island Tower....
August 27, 2018
As a pathologist at the San Diego Zoo, a large portion of my job is messy, ugly, bloody, and downright gross. Not that I mind that – it’s an occupational hazard when your job is observing and performing...
