Check in with a pair of young elephants at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park to see how the herd is taking them in.

At the San Diego Zoo, zookeepers and researchers are constantly gauging the pandas' behavior to see how well they're doing.

Learn about one of the San Diego Zoo's rarest residents, the Amur leopard.

From impolite eaters to tasting their food in strange ways, these are some of the oddest animal eating habits.

Their flat shell allows them to wedge themselves into rocky outcroppings to give them shelter from predators.

Learn all about Asian and African elephants, and how zookeepers integrate new elephants into the habitat.

The good thing about young cats is they can bounce right back despite some awkward landings.

But when it comes to gopher tortoises, indigo snakes can make great roommates.

Meet another long-necked plant-eater from the African plain, whose name means "giraffe gazelle" in the Somali language.

Decode the secret language of iguanas at San Diego Zoo's Anne and Kenneth Griffin Reptile Conservation Center.

It's breakfast time at the South Carolina aquarium's stingray tank.

Researchers are satellite-tracking reticulated giraffes in northern Kenya, a species found nowhere else in the world. Only about 8,500 live in the wild.

Without any eyelids for protection, whale sharks need to get creative. They have "armored eyes" covered in teeth and can retract their eyeballs into the sockets.

The San Diego Zoo regularly provides snow for its polar bears as enrichment, but today there's a special competitive twist.

Meet a pair of firmly bonded gibbons that couldn't be more different.

Learn all about these incredible creatures, including how much a 100+ year-old tortoise weighs, and how the "Finch response" plays an important role in tortoise health.

Male platypuses use this unique, hidden defense mechanism to fend off other males in the breeding season.

Her name is "Uhura," which translates to "freedom" in Swahili. Find out why that's 100% appropriate.

Meet giant panda Bai Yun's sixth panda cub, and see what benchmarks veterinarians look for in measuring its health.

The giant otter found a friendly female companion to help him explore his new environment after being transferred from a rehabilitation center.

Ozzy was having trouble acclimating to his new surroundings, until he was introduced to Bruno. Now, the two are "best buds."

Learn all about hyacinth macaws, the giants of the parrot family.

Keepers aren't entirely sure why she loves the bowl so much, only that it may be a natural behavior similar to dragging a carcass away for later consumption.

How a human chiropractor came to Aima's aid.