About this season
An all-access look at two parks: the world-class San Diego Zoo, voted #1 zoo in the world, and the one-of-a-kind, 1,800-acre San Diego Zoo Safari Park. The Zoo: San Diego will showcase the stories of some of the more than 3,500 animals that call these remarkable places home.
Episodes (9)
1. Welcome to Our World
Aired 10 August 2019 • 43 min
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.
2. New Day for an Old Tortoise
Aired 10 August 2019 • 43 min
Hunter the koala is ready for a mate. Jaws the Galápagos 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.
3. Yeti and the Cubs
Aired 17 August 2019 • 43 min
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.
4. A Lion's Tale
Aired 24 August 2019 • 43 min
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.
5. Panda-monium
Aired 31 August 2019 • 43 min
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.
6. Mek Comes Home
Aired 7 September 2019 • 43 min
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.
7. Penguin Chick Swim School
Aired 14 September 2019 • 43 min
Safari Park keepers say goodbye to two elephant brothers. Can the San Diego Zoo vets design a custom shoe for Felix, an excitable three-toed Baird's Tapir? And, two African Penguin chicks grow up and get ready to join the colony.
8. Mkhaya Discovers Her Trunk
Aired 21 September 2019 • 43 min
Mkhaya, the youngest baby elephant in the Safari Park herd, learns to use her trunk. Will Alba the Andean bear become a first-time mom? Zoo vets examine Mandazzi the gorilla, and Jeff the snake chaser looks for he elusive costal patch nose snake.
9. Miracle Calf
Aired 28 September 2019 • 43 min
A southern white rhino is pregnant with a calf that could be key in saving a species from extinction; Connor the Malayan tiger has tooth trouble; a new bird keeper learns to feed the shoebill; polar bears exercise their hunting skills on live prey.