The Bay Area has its own native snake, the San Francisco garter snake (Thamnophis sirtalis tetrataenia). Some snake ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- For the first time in decades, San Francisco will receive giant pandas from China as part of China's Panda Diplomacy program. San Francisco Mayor London Breed shared the news on X ...

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 ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- After a tiger at the San Francisco Zoo killed a young man in 2007, the zoo installed a "code red" siren system to warn workers and the public if another dangerous animal escapes ...

San Francisco was an unlikely place for bison, but a herd has lived in Golden Gate Park home for years. The back story ...

The San Francisco Zoo reopened yesterday with safety improvements and more signs warning people not to pester animals, nine days after a 350-pound Siberian tiger killed a teenager ...