Tatiana the Tiger

It was blizzard bliss Monday for a pair of polar bears, the San Francisco Zoo's own Andy and Pike. They're among the few creatures that can truly appreciate the holiday gift they received on the first day of winter: 10 tons of ice donated by the San Francisco...  

BURLINGAME, Calif. and SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- BitGravity, Inc., a global leader in video delivery, is powering the San Francisco Zoo's live stream of the Jones Family Gorilla Preserve with BG Live output in 1080p. This marks the first time an Association of Zoo and Aquarium member has delivered a persistent, high definition (1080p) live video stream from its grounds to visitors on its Web site. BitGravity's 1080p live streaming...  

The San Francisco Zoo kicked off the upcoming Boo at the Zoo celebration with a special treat for the chimps. The quartet -- Cobby, Tallulah, Maggie and Minnie -- came out to a "spooktacular" exhibit filled with Halloween treats and goodies as well as Halloween-themed enrichment items.  

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 out. (AP Photo/George Nikitin, San Francisco Zoo)  

The elder of the two Dhaliwal brothers involved in the 2007 tiger attack at the San Francisco Zoo pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor drunken driving charge in San Mateo County Superior Court Tuesday afternoon in exchange for a fine and a two-day jail sentence.  

The polar bear enclosures are horrific! The train rumbles by all day and the train's whistle pierces the ears of the visitors and the animals. Come on San Francisco, build a humane enclosure that is…  

We know there are a lot of interesting and unique uses for Twitter. We’ve seen Twitter used for customer service, tweets to monitor power usage, and even 140 character marriage proposals, but we never thought about it being used to quickly respond to incidents such as a kid being bit by an otter. Earlier today, a group of Twitter enthusiasts (including me) gathered at the San Francisco Zoo for a zoo tweetup. While in most respect it was your...  

I just think zoos are very sad places. The vast majority of animals barely move. They are living way outside their natural habitats and many have health and reproductive problems. The San Francisco…