SF News Video: SF Zoo's Quest For A Giant Bluetooth Rhinoceros Toy "I've known a few rhinos in my day," Jason Watters, Vice President of Wellness and Animal Behavior at the SF Zoo, tells SFist. "They all have a different personalities. Our youngster, Boone, a
Arts & Entertainment Red Panda Gets Name Meet Tenzing. Hello, Tenzing, I believe we've actually met. Tenzing the 10-month-old red panda is named for Tenzing Norgay, a.k.a. Sherpa Tenzing, one of the most famous mountain climbers in history
Arts & Entertainment Video: Our Red Panda Hysteria Continues Apace Last week we met the San Francisco Zoo's impossibly cute Red Panda. Then we took a look at his posh treehouse abode. Now our favorite Musteloid (sorry, otters, you're yesterday's animal news) has
Arts & Entertainment We Will Not Apologize For More Photos Of The S.F. Zoo's New Red Panda Yesterday we met the San Francisco Zoo's unnamed Red Panda. We learn today that Mr. Red Panda (as we will call him until he gets an official name) has an adorably vicious thirst
Arts & Entertainment Meet The SF Zoo's New Red Panda UPDATE: More red panda pics! On Saturday, May 10th the San Francisco Zoo will welcome the newest addition to its incredibly adorable family: a 10-month-old male red panda. Naming rights will go to
Arts & Entertainment Local Tiger Cub Takes A Bubble Bath On Monday, Jillian the San Francisco Zoo's lovable tiger cub turned one whole year old. To celebrate she got a "Happy Birthday!" gift bag, some plastic toys she didn't seem to care for,
SF News S.F. Zoo's Baby Gorilla Runs This Town, You're Just Living In It This morning at the San Francisco Zoo, Kabibe the baby gorilla made her public debut. As someone who has no regard for material possessions and the politics of normal humans, she is (for
Arts & Entertainment These Chacoan Peccary Pups Are The Cutest Baby Animal We Just Learned About Look at these tiny animals. "What is a Peccary?" You're probably wondering to yourself, "like some kind of pig thing?" Well, you'd be close, but Chacoan Peccaries are actually much more special than
Arts & Entertainment New Komodo Dragon Proves There Is Ugly Stuff At The Zoo Too When it comes to Zoo life in San Francisco we here at SFist admittedly have an adorable bias. So, in the interest of fairness to non-mammal, non-bird animals (sorry invertebrates; you're still gross)
Arts & Entertainment Watch The Miracle Of Gorilla Childbirth In This Graphic Video On July 17th, Nneka the western lowland gorilla gave birth to a baby girl at the San Francisco Zoo. Luckily for anyone interested in gorilla obstetrics, Zoo-goer and YouTuber Marwan Salfiti was there
Arts & Entertainment Watch These Penguin Chicks Waddle Their Way Into Our Hearts On Saturday, the San Francisco Zoo's new waddle of penguin chicks had a graduation of sorts. After several weeks worth of intense eating, squawking and napping at Fish School, the four girls and
Arts & Entertainment Baby Gorilla Already Aping For The Cameras Not even two days old and San Francisco's own western lowland gorilla princess is already learning how to deal with life as one of the offspring of an incredibly important bloodline (endangered gorillas,
Arts & Entertainment S.F. Zoo's Penguin Chicks Attend Fish School, Graduate With Honors In Cuteness The San Francisco Zoo's colony of Magellanic Penguins welcomed five new chicks back in May. Later this month, the young ones will make their first public appearance when they waddle their way around
SF News S.F. Zoo's Tiger Cub Named After Generous Literary Agent After a couple months of simply calling our favorite creature on the planet "the cub," San Francisco Zoo's furry little bundle of joy finally got a proper name. Behold: Jillian the three-month-old Sumatran
Arts & Entertainment Video: The S.F. Zoo's Tiger Cub Eats A Hamburger It's been a moment since we last checked in with our favorite animal on the planet, but we are happy to report that about a week or so ago, the San Francisco Zoo's
Arts & Entertainment S.F. Zoo Rhinoceros Eats Baltimore Raven For Breakfast Well, sort of, anyway: This morning at the San Francisco Zoo, Boone the Black Rhino (named for Alex Boone, the white offensive lineman) devoured the Baltimore Ravens for a light morning meal. Unfortunately,
Arts & Entertainment Video: S.F. Zoo Otters Frolicking In The Snow The San Francisco Zoo is running a highly effective ad campaign this holiday season. They've already won us over with penguins singing "Jingle Bells." Now they're back with this much less adorably titled
Arts & Entertainment Video: S.F. Zoo's Penguin Colony Sings 'Jingle Bells' Penguins are great, right? Not only have they proven that gay couples can successfully raise adopted babies, but they can also sing timeless Christmas Carols! Here now, a chorus of the San Francisco
SF News Is This San Francisco's Rally Monkey? As the first team in the National League to overcome a 0-2 deficit in the division series, the San Francisco Giants set a record today. While most people would attribute the series win
SF News Baseball Attack Near SF Zoo Leaves Man Clinging To Life Well, this is terrifying. A twentysomething man is in critical condition with life-threatening injuries after being attacked by a group of men. At around 1:45 a.m. over in the 200 block
Arts & Entertainment Say Hello to Martha, S.F. Zoo's New Siberian Tigress A new girl at the San Francisco Zoo made her debut today: Martha, an 11-year-old Siberian Tiger, has joined the lineup of big cats out on Sloat Blvd. Like so many fierce women
SF News SF Zoo to Change Tiger's Name from 'Shasta' to 'Martha' In a jarring move sure to send local drag queens running for the glass pipe, the San Francisco Zoo plans to rename a new Siberian tiger "Martha." Which wouldn't be so criminal if
misc Adorable Thing for Today: The San Francisco Zoo's Baby Koala The Zoo's baby Koala has emerged! She's been hiding, as marsupials do, in her mother's pouch for the past six months. Use that fact to make yourself seem smart when you show this
misc Afternoon Palate Cleanser: How to Move an Anaconda The San Francisco Zoo's keeper staff moving their giant green anaconda to his new home in the South American Tropical Forest.
misc Photo du Jour 488 SF Zoo chimpanzee licks Jello off a pumpkin, Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2009 at the San Francisco Zoo. Starting Oct. 24th and 25th, visitors can watch zookeepers give the animals Halloween-themed treats. Check it
