While visiting the San Diego Zoo this week I was drawn to a crowd that had gathered in front of the Andean bear exhibit.

Gaylene Thomas, a wildlife care manager at the San Diego Zoo, oversees two teams that care for a variety of species, ...

Last October, Ben, the six-year-old Andean bear, came to the zoo with what they thought was a minor hotspot in his front right foot. But after monitoring it, the zoo said the hot spot was a ...

right after the Andean bear, and it’s the only bear habitat on that street with a crosshatched netting enclosure. There are currently two joeys at the San Diego Zoo, but only one of them has ...