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San Diego’s Frozen Zoo welcomes endangered oak as first cryopreserved plant in biological bank
More than 500 native plants in San Diego County are held in a Native Seed Bank at the zoo. Those seeds are dried down to a ...
San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance adds plants to ‘Frozen Zoo’ for the first time
For the first time in its history, the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance’s Frozen Zoo has expanded its mission to include not ...
San Diego Zoo Safari Park takes in pronghorn fawn
ESCONDIDO, Calif. (FOX 5/KUSI) — A tiny American pronghorn fawn is the newest member at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park. The orphaned animal was discovered a few weeks ago on private land in central New ...
San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance cryogenically preserve 18 endangered San Diego native oak species
Cryopreserved samples from 18 endangered Nuttall's scrub oak trees were added to the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance's Frozen ...
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For 50 years, San Diego's Frozen Zoo has stored living cells to save endangered species
For 50 years, the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance has been preserving animals' genetic material in its Frozen Zoo, and ...