It grew from there. He was an animal trainer, did shows and presentations, joined the bird department and also worked in ...

The dainty bamboo palm, as it is now named, is a new plant species that was discovered at the Zoo on Monday during a routine check.

Marco Wendt was 16 when he got a summer job at San Diego Zoo Safari Park, then known as the Wild Animal Park. A first-generation Mexican American, the first of his family born in the U.S., Wendt says ...