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Category: Conservation

Community Shoutout: Point Blue’s STRAW Watershed Week! 

In 1992, Laurette Roger’s 4th grade class learned about the plight of the California Freshwater Shrimp, an endangered species only found in a few sections of stream in Sonoma, Napa,...

August 30, 2022 by Mark Pressler

Creature Feature: Trumpeter Hornbill

When you visit Safari West, you may hear what sounds like a loud “WAH-WAH-WAH” call booming across the lower compound. That’s not a crying baby, it's the sound of a...

August 26, 2022 by Sarah Bergsten

Conservation Research

Safari West Contributes to Turtle and Tortoise Study Challenging Evolutionary Theories of Aging Even though humans live longer lives compared to our historical counterparts, we cannot escape the inevitability of aging....

July 8, 2022 by Safari West Staff

New babies add hope to the critically endangered addax

We are excited to announce the birth of 2 new addax antelopes this year! Addaxes have been a part of Safari West since the beginning—our first herd of addaxes arrived...

June 10, 2022 by Mark Pressler

Safari West Meets Big Data: a Win for Wildlife

A recent publication in the scientific journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences reveals a startling truth. We humans know a lot about ourselves, but shockingly little about the other...

June 21, 2019 by Jared Paddock

Endangered Species Day 2019

At Safari West, we think about endangered wildlife every day. Each May, however, we invite all of you to join us for Endangered Species Day. A special day we set...

May 17, 2019 by Jared Paddock

One Way to Help Save a Species: Milk a Tiger

Gail Hedberg Makes a Splash Safari West Wildlife Foundation board member Gail Hedberg is in the news! Alongside her role with our partner foundation, Gail is also a neonatal animal care...

January 25, 2019 by Jared Paddock

“Save The Snakes” Slithers Into Our Hearts

An Evening of Serpentine Fun Earlier this month, friend of Safari West Michael Starkey joined us as part of our ongoing Conservation Dinner Series. Taking place throughout the year, this series allows us...

June 29, 2018 by Safari West Staff

Happy World Oceans Day!

What is World Oceans Day? Since 2002, people across the globe have honored June 8th as World Oceans Day. The point of this annual event is to recognize and honor the...

June 8, 2018 by Safari West Staff