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Two African lions lying side by side on a straw-covered rock ledge, a maned male resting one paw over the edge and a lioness close beside him, with a blue enrichment barrel behind them.

Conservation Projects

San Francisco Zoo’s Last Two Lions Are Moving to Colorado

San Francisco Zoo & Gardens will send its last two African lions to ...

A San Francisco garter snake, striped in turquoise, black and orange red with a red head, lies coiled on bare ground scattered with dry pine needles.

Conservation Projects

Sixty-Two Snakes, and a Genetic Test for Each One

Sixty-two San Francisco garter snakes born at the San Francisco Zoo have been ...

A young capybara swims with only its head and upper back above the surface of a green pond, facing the camera, with reeds and a rock bank behind it.

North America

Capybaras Return to San Francisco After Nearly a Decade

San Francisco Zoo and Gardens has capybaras again for the first time in ...

Cassandra Costello, Rochelle Stiles and Dan Ashe stand in front of an Association of Zoos and Aquariums backdrop, with Stiles holding the 2026 North American Conservation Award certificate for San Francisco Zoo and Gardens.

Conservation Projects

The Frogs San Francisco Zoo Released Are Breeding Now

San Francisco Zoo & Gardens took top honors in the Association of Zoos ...

A life-sized animatronic Tyrannosaurus rex with its jaws open stands among green trees and ferns at San Francisco Zoo.

Events

San Francisco Zoo Lines Its Lake With 21 Dinosaurs

San Francisco Zoo and Gardens has 21 life-sized animatronic dinosaurs standing around its ...

A small brown and tan California red-legged frog sits on a person's fingers with Yosemite Falls and granite cliffs behind.

Conservation Projects

San Francisco Zoo Marks 10,000th Yosemite Frog Release

Ten years ago there were no California red-legged frogs in Yosemite Valley. On ...