Lisa Peterson, who has led San Diego Zoo Safari Park since 2017, is leaving to take the president/CEO job at the Houston Zoo ...

African Elephants at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park instinctively created an “alert circle” during the earthquake.

Visitors to the San Diego Zoo and San Diego Zoo Safari Park this summer will find shortened operating hours at both facilities. Safari Park is closing at 4 p.m., three hours earlier than last ...

A herd of African elephants instinctively circled their young in a protective huddle as a 5.2 magnitude earthquake near the ...

As the ground shook from a 5.2-magnitude earthquake, a herd of elephants at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park sprung into action to protect their young, encircling and shielding two calves from any ...

Elephants at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park surrounded the younger elephants in a protective "alert circle" when a 5.2 magnitude earthquake struck the region on April 14, 2025. Watch as the African ...

At the Zoo's Safari Park's African elephant exhibit, the older elephants were caught on video forming a protective circle ...

As the ground shook from a 5.2-magnitude earthquake, a herd of elephants at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park sprung into action to protect their young.A video shot of their enclosure at the park ...

at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park in Escondido, Calif. (San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance via AP) Advertisement ...