Groups of school children and visitors were in awe of a small animal-inspired Cirque du Soleil performance at the San Francisco Zoo and Gardens on Friday morning that was done to promote ...

The San Francisco Zoo is soon saying goodbye to its three chimpanzees -- Twiggy, Gombus, and Michael -- as it plans to temporarily close the exhibit and make room for a new and expanded habitat in ...

Hugh Jackman is a mere actor compared to Edward the wolverine, one of the toughest residents of San Francisco Zoo that became ...

Dave Pehling is website managing editor for CBS Bay Area. He started his journalism career doing freelance writing about music in the late 1990s, eventually working as a web writer, editor and ...

Following months of controversy, the San Francisco Zoo’s embattled CEO will step down in August, just days after saying she had no intention to leave the post. Tanya Peterson had been plagued with ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- Authorities in San Francisco are searching for a ring-tailed lemur named Maki who was stolen from the city's zoo. "I just couldn't believe it. Why would anyone want a lemur," asked ...

A chimpanzee at San Francisco Zoo and Gardens who was said to be one of the oldest in the United States died this week at the age of 55. The chimpanzee, named Maggie, was diagnosed with lymphoma and ...

Keepers at the Maryland Zoo in Baltimore are getting ready to welcome an older chimpanzee from the San Francisco Zoo.