This is a look behind the scenes at the San Francisco Zoo's Koala house with their keeper, Heather. Included are great clips of a male bellowing, up close and personal views of the Koala night house and introductions to three of our five Koalas. For more information about the San Francisco Zoo,...

Tom, the Puente al Sur Animal Keeper gives us a close look at our two new Mountain Tapirs (Tapirus pinchaque), "Howard" and "Maggie." These two Tapirs were named by Michael Tilson Thomas, the Music Director of the San Francisco Symphony (a special song, written and performed by Michael Tilson...

The Zoo is thrilled to welcome not one, but two giraffe calves into the world. The first of these delightful and plucky animals was born on May 9th 2006 and the second was born on May 18th 2006. They are the first giraffes to be born in the Zoo's African Savanna. For more information about the...

How we built an Ice Rink at the San Francisco Zoo, as well as footage of our Reindeer - all part of the 2007 Reindeer Romp festivities at the SF Zoo. Information about our Ice Rink and Reindeer is followed by our latest commercial. For more information about the SF Zoo, visit the zoo's website:...

Keeper Of The Seven Keys

Take a look at 10 minutes in the life of lighthouse keeper, Raphael, who switches the light on in the evenings and switches it off again in the mornings. Day after day- until the toaster goes crazy...

Mike Cota, one of our Giraffe Keepers, tells us about the newest addition to the San Francisco Zoo's Giraffe Lodge, while bottle feeding the youngster. This baby Giraffe calf can be viewed at the San Francisco Zoo's Giraffe Lodge and adjacent yards daily, and will soon be on exhibit in the...

Sungai, our 1-year-old Siamang who was rejected by her parents in Albuquerque and then by her fellow apes in Houston, will be moving to Kentucky soon in her ongoing search for a family. After our failed introduction attempts, its been decided that Sungai join two other young Siamangs at the...

This holiday season, acclaimed filmmaker Cameron Crowe (Jerry Maguire, Almost Famous) directs an amazing and true story about a single dad who decides his family needs a fresh start, so he and his two children move to the most unlikely of places: a zoo. With the help of an eclectic staff, and...

Our six Magellanic Penguin chicks have completed fish school and are ready to join the colony. This march to Penguin Island is something that all Penguins born at the zoo complete before joining the colony. For more information about the San Francisco Zoo, visit the zoo's website:...