A giant anteater that called the Santa Barbara Zoo home for 13 years has died. Zoo staff say they noticed the animal’s ...

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – The Santa Barbara Zoo hosted a meet-and-greet Tuesday evening with Charles Hopper, the zoo's new president and chief executive officer. Hopper interacted with children ...

Snow is virtually unheard of in sunny Santa Barbara — until now! The Santa Barbara Zoo presents its annual Snow Leopard Festival, fit out with 80 tons of snow, sledding, and learning about snow ...

Neighboring the Andree Clark Bird Refuge in the east part of downtown, the Santa Barbara Zoo gives visitors a taste of the exotic just a block from the sandy shore. Recent visitors said the small ...

Her six-part series on the history of the Child’s Estate, now the Santa Barbara Zoo, is among Noozhawk’s most-read series. For years, Graffy worked in marketing and public writing for ...

Roger Durling can’t conceal his excitement for the 40 th edition of the Santa Barbara International Film Festival. The SBIFF director sees the need for a celebration of art as Los Angeles ...

Three-year-old Bao Li and Qing Bao made a new home at the zoo after the previous panda tenants, Mei Xiang, Tian Tian, and their cub, Xiao Qi Ji, returned to China when their lease expired in ...

Giant panda Bao Li eats bamboo during the public debut at the Smithsonian's National Zoo in Washington, DC, on Jan. 24, 2025. Andrew Caballero-reynolds/AFP via Getty Images Giant panda Qing Bao ...