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Chick out this new arrival 🐥 A wattled jacana chick recently hatched at the San Diego Zoo. With long toes perfect for walking on lily pads and a devoted dad keeping a watchful eye, this tiny adventurer is ready to explore.

Fossa pups in action 🌿

Beak-a-boo 🦜

Southern Resident killer whales are critically endangered. To help protect them, researchers from San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance, alongside partners from @seadocsociety.bsky.social and @noaa.gov, are pioneering a new approach: collecting their breath.

Happy superb owl Sunday 🏈🦉 #SuperbOwl

Spotted: giraffe calves at the San Diego Zoo and Safari Park 🦒

G'day from a few of Australia's finest 🐨

Hey... how y'all doin

Munch mode activated

Tort spaghett 🍝

When Connor was just a teeny tiny tiger 🥹 📸: Mike Wilson

If you give a bear honey, they'll probably spend the rest of their day cleaning their paws 🍯

You gnaw what day it is 👅 #TOT #TongueOutTuesday

Me: say cheese! 📸 Tuni: 😁

When someone schedules a 9AM meeting on a Monday...

Ransisku has a bad case of the Mondays 🙃 📸: Charles Frey

Spot the tiny dik-dik 🔎 I think we can all agree that this is the cutest little dik-dik you ever did see. This wee one is Abeba, a new dik-dik calf born to parents Chloe and Shaggy.

Tiny tank giraffic jam 🦒

Monotreme dream 💤

Waking up to see FB and IG down 😮 📸: MaryAnn Fuller

How it started ➡️ How it's going 🥹 📸: Helene Hoffman, 2

Hey you! 🛑 We've been nominated for Best Zoo by @usatoday.com, and we need your help to WIN! You can vote once per day until voting ends on March 4th. Vote Now: bit.ly/3HQmK0V

Unbe-leap-able

Un-bear-lieveable 🐻‍❄️ In partnership with PBI, we are better understanding our polar trio, Tatqiq, Kalluk, and Chinook and their wild counterparts. As Arctic ambassadors, they actively participate in various research studies to gain insight on how to protect and preserve polar bears in the wild.

"I could brown, I could be blue.." 🎶 Monitor lizards exhibit a diverse range of colors, including brown, black, gray, green, yellow, and blue, as shown here by this blue tree monitor. 📸: Charles Frey

A cute dik-dik pic pic.

We've been nominated for Best Zoo by @usatoday.com, and we're branching out to ask you to help us WIN! 🐨 You can vote once per day until voting ends on March 4th. Vote Now: bit.ly/3HQmK0V

Love is a battlefield ❤️💦 #HappyValentinesDay

Leopard-on us, but do you have a quick sec? We've been nominated for Best Zoo by @usatoday.com 10Best and we need your help to win. You can vote once per day until voting ends March 4th. Cast your vote: bit.ly/3HQmK0V

Monday after the Superb Owl 🦉 #SuperBowl

Time to vote! We've been nominated for Best Zoo by @10best.bsky.social. You can vote once per day until voting ends March 4th. Cast your vote: bit.ly/3HQmK0V

Stay dry San Diego ☔

Golden hour girly ✨

Staring contest in 3..2..1.. Fro-GO! 🐸

A live look at San Diegans huddling up for warmth 🥶

Another year older, and Kaja is still TWO cute 🎂

They grow up so fast 🥹

When you nap too hard and forget where you are and what year it is.

What are toes?! 😳 Jacanas are coloful water birds with long legs and incredibly long toes and claws. Their super-long toes spread the bird's weight over a large area, allowing them to walk across floating vegetation.

Cubdate: 10-month-old Amur leopard cubs Zorinka and Ulybka have grown into their spots and paws. 🐾 📸: Penny Hyde

Monday after a holiday weekend 😴

POV: You forgot to take the turkey out of the freezer 🦃 📸: Mike Wilson

Don't you dare-ial scroll past this gharial

Gramma doesn't look a day over 100 🐢

Them: How's the daylight savings time adjustment going? Moms with children: 😴 📸: Penny Hyde

Gourd vibes only 🎃 Happy Halloween!

What we gnu in the shadows.

Witch 🧙‍♀️ costume would you be for Halloween? 👻

Gourd-geous 🎃