Name: The Zoo: San Diego
Released: 2019-08-10T00:00:00.000Z

Available on Investigation Discovery, Food Network, Science Channel, Discovery, TLC, Travel Channel, HGTV, Prime Video, discovery+, Hulu, HBO Max, Animal Planet, Philo

This behind-the-scenes series reveals the daily lives of animals and the people that care for them at the San Diego Zoo and the San Diego Zoo Safari Park, as well as the San Diego Zoo Institute for Conservation Research.

Documentary · 2019 · 42 min

EPISODE 1

Welcome to our World

A baby klipspringer is born on one of the coldest nights of the season and is miraculously nursed back to health. The California condor team at the Safari Park goes to unbelievable lengths to save this highly endangered species.

40 min · Aug 10, 2019
EPISODE 2

New Day for an Old Tortoise

Hunter the koala is ready for a mate. Jaws the Galapagos tortoise isn't feeling well, and the zoo staff works to bring him out of his shell. The Safari Park has not one but two baby giraffe calves that need to be hand-reared simultaneously.

41 min · Aug 10, 2019
EPISODE 3

Yeti and the Cubs

There will be no peace in the world for the hamadryas baboons until Impo finds his mate; luckily, the San Diego Zoo keepers have a plan. Two young cheetah cubs are training to become animal ambassadors with the help of their experienced canine guide.

41 min · Aug 17, 2019
EPISODE 4

A Lion's Tale

Safari Park keepers prepare Aria the rambunctious black rhino for her new life on the open African Plains exhibit. Zoo staff cares for 15-year-old legend M'bari the lion and his mate, Etosha. A vulture chick learns to eat from a surrogate puppet.

41 min · Aug 24, 2019
EPISODE 5

Panda-monium

The Zoo says goodbye to beloved pandas Bai-Yun and Xiao Liwu as mother and cub prepare to return to China. Tembo the retired "Hollywood" elephant tries traditional Chinese medicine for her arthritis. The Butterfly Jungle gets colored for the season.

41 min · Aug 31, 2019
EPISODE 6

Mek Comes Home

After six years away, Mek the tiger returns to the Zoo. Two shy tree kangaroos, Spike and Polly, meet for the first time. And, with the Children's Zoo under construction, the keepers have to move over 100 animals, including a herd of reluctant goats.

40 min · Sep 7, 2019