SF News Suspect Accused In Lemur Theft at SF Zoo Now Faces Federal Charges Under Endangered Species Act The 31-year-old man who is still facing trial in San Francisco for grand theft and second-degree burglary in the theft of a 22-year-old ring-tailed lemur from the San Francisco Zoo last fall is now facing federal charges.
SF News Oldest Chimpanzee in North America Dies at San Francisco Zoo "Cobby," the 63-year-old chimpanzee at the SF Zoo — who was adored by generations of visitors — passed away on June 5, likely due to a combination of his old age and having suffered from an illness earlier in the year.
Arts & Entertainment This Is a Kookaburra. His Name Is Koan. And You'll Soon Be Able to Feed Him at the SF Zoo The San Francisco Zoo is getting ready to introduce a new bird "ambassador" — a spunky one-year-old kookaburra born at the zoo last February who will be available to interact with guests.
SF News Maki, the Stolen Ring-Tailed Lemur Found at a Daly City Playground, Celebrates His 22nd Birthday Maki — the senior primate that made national news after being abducted from his San Francisco Zoo enclosure in October — celebrated another trip around the sun Saturday. Now at 22 years old, he's far exceeded the average lifespan for one of his kind, which is around 18 years.
SF News Suspect In Lemur-napping At SF Zoo Released From Jail, Told to Stay Away From Zoo 31-year-old lemur-theft suspect Cory McGilloway made his first appearance in San Francisco court after being put on probation late last year for auto theft and other crimes in Marin County.
SF News Cherished 39-Year-Old Western Lowland Gorilla Dies at SF Zoo Zura, the San Francisco Zoo's beloved Western lowland gorilla — who was the granddaughter of the first-ever gorilla born in captivity — passed away before the weekend at almost 40 years old.
SF News Arrest Made In Lemur Theft A 30-year-old man is in custody Friday and is the SFPD's suspect in this week's much publicized theft of an endangered lemur from the SF Zoo.
Arts & Entertainment Missing SF Zoo Lemur Found By Children at Daly City Playground Maki, the missing ring-tailed lemur who was believed stolen on Tuesday from the San Francisco Zoo, has been found safe and sound and wasn't yet sold off on the black market for endangered species.
Arts & Entertainment [Update] Ring-Tailed Lemur Abducted From SF Zoo; $2100 Reward Offered A 21-year-old ring-tailed lemur was stolen out of his enclosure at the San Francisco Zoo, the SFPD has confirmed. And now the zoo is offering a reward for information that leads to his safe return.
Arts & Entertainment Strolls Through San Francisco and Oakland Zoos Offer Flashes of Pre-Pandemic Normalcy With zoos in San Francisco and Oakland reopened, attracting sold-out weekend crowds and droves of giddy weekday visitors, spending an afternoon mesmerized by macaws is quickly proving to be a cathartic source of familiarity for many; that's been the case for us, as well.
SF News SF Zoo Will Reopen Monday; Hair and Nail Salons, Museums To Stay Closed "We can't wait to see you!" reads a tweet published Friday by the SF Zoo in anticipation of Monday’s expected crowds (capped at 50 percent capacity). And, honestly: we've never been more overjoyed at the promise of seeing ring-tailed lemurs fling themselves through a series of aerial acrobatics.
Arts & Entertainment Support the SF and Oakland Zoos As They Weather the Pandemic Shutdown Like many other nonprofits and performance venues in the Bay Area, the San Francisco and Oakland Zoos are dealing with a sharp drop in revenue due to shelter-in-place orders.
Arts & Entertainment Endangered Baby Monkey Born At SF Zoo A rare François langur monkey was just born at the San Francisco Zoo, and boy is s/he cute.
SF News [Update] Did You Feel It? Earthquake Strikes Near San Francisco Zoo If you felt a little rattled as you got ready for work this morning, you weren't alone: According to the US Geological Survey, that shaking you felt was an earthquake just off the
SF News Police Track Down Mother Of Kid Dumped Outside SF Zoo Many of us were left scratching our heads at the news of a child dumped near the SF Zoo Monday evening. Late Tuesday night police released more details on the case, including information
SF News Elly, Oldest Black Rhino in U.S., Dies at 46 at SF Zoo Elly the Eastern black rhinoceros, the oldest surviving member of her species in the United States who has delighted San Franciscans for nearly four decades with her docile, plodding presence, died last Wednesday,
Arts & Entertainment Ask A San Francisco Native: What Would A Tour Of Your Childhood SF Look Like? Dear Rain, If you wanted to take someone on a tour of the San Francisco of your childhood, where would you take them? Signed, Gen-X'er Dear Gen-X'er. I don't have kids myself, but
Arts & Entertainment SF Zoo Welcomes Adorable Baby Francois' Langur Valentine’s Day may be over, but we’re in love with this new Francois langur, born Sunday, February 12 at #SFZoo. Francois’ langurs are an endangered monkey living in fragmented populations in
Arts & Entertainment Approaching Christmas Anniversary Of Tiger Attack, SF Zoo Releases Video Of Tiger Taking Dip #Caturday calls for bath time for JT🐅💦 #SiberianTiger #SavingSpecies pic.twitter.com/5F2Tg5kmg6— San Francisco Zoo (@sfzoo) December 17, 2016 December 25th this year will mark nine years since the infamous 2007 tiger
Arts & Entertainment SF Zoo Gets Three Reindeer Visiting For The Holidays Belle, Holly, and Peppermint, three reindeer, have arrived to add some holiday cheer to the San Francisco Zoo, where they will be hanging out on the Playfield Lawn every day through the new
Arts & Entertainment Video: SF Zoo's Polar Bear Frolics In Snow Another Democalypse Palate Cleanser for you: In what's become an annual tradition, a bunch of man-made snow was brought in purely for the pleasure of the San Francisco Zoo's only polar bear, 35-year-old
Arts & Entertainment Election Day Zen: Watch SF Zoo's Red Pandas Taking Naps Need a break from the news and the stress and a little reward for making it this far and casting your ballot without screaming at your relatives on Facebook one last time? Well,
Arts & Entertainment Video: A Pumpkin's Eye View As SF Zoo Meerkats Attack There are no fancy production values other than a few edits, in this video, nor are there any cutesy bits of pop-up commentary or bouncy music clips intended to signal that this is,
Arts & Entertainment The SF Zoo's Newest Flamingo Chick Has Had It With Your Shenanigans Considered a "near threatened" animal by the International Union for Conservation of Nature, the Chilean flamingo is known (I am told apocryphally) as one of the more personality-laden representatives of the species. Nowhere
Arts & Entertainment Watch The SF Zoo's Newest Baby Take Her First Steps "You can do it, kid!" I yelled at the screen as I watched a baby guanaco born at the SF Zoo Saturday take her first, wobbly steps. "You got this!" And, wonderfully, she
