San Francisco Zoo

Officials with the San Francisco Zoo and Gardens on Thursday announced the passing of one of their longtime residents.

“Maki”, the San Francisco Zoo’s ring-tailed lemur that captured the hearts of the Bay Area and beyond when he was kidnapped in 2020 from his zoo enclosure and later recovered, has died at the age of 22, according to a zoo spokesperson Friday afternoon.

A man accused of breaking into the San Francisco Zoo and Gardens and stealing a ring-tailed lemur is being charged with violating Endangered Species Act.

Cobby, the oldest male chimpanzee in the U.S., died at the San Francisco Zoo and Gardens Sunday. He was 63-years-old

A 31-year-old man accused of stealing a lemur from the San Francisco Zoo last year has been ordered released from custody, but told to stay away from the zoo.

The San Francisco Zoo is mourning the loss of a 39-year-old female gorilla named Zura, who was known for her distinctive face and “one-of-a-kind personality,” zoo officials said in a statement Friday.

The San Francisco Zoo is mourning the loss of a 39-year-old female gorilla named Zura, who was known for her distinctive face and “one-of-a-kind personality,” zoo officials said in a statement Friday.

San Francisco city officials and San Francisco Zoo and Gardens celebrated World Lemur Day and the boy who helped locate Maki, the lemur that was taken from the zo earlier this month.

San Francisco police say they arrested a man suspected in the abduction of a ring-tailed lemur from the city’s zoo, where officials rewarded a 5-year-old boy who helped recapture the endangered primate with a lifetime membership

An unlikely string of events has led to the arrest of a suspect accused of stealing a ring-tailed lemur from the San Francisco Zoo. Sergio Quintana reports.

A suspect accused of stealing a ring-tailed lemur from the San Francisco Zoo earlier this week has been taken into custody, police said Friday. Anoushah Rasta reports.

Maki, a ring-tailed lemur stolen from its enclosure at the San Francisco Zoo, was found Thursday in Daly City, police said. Cierra Johnson reports.

Maki, the lemur that went missing from the San Francisco Zoo Wednesday morning, has been found and is home safe Thursday night. He was spotted at a preschool in Daly City around 5 p.m., about five miles from the zoo. Ian Cull reports.

The San Francisco Zoo & Gardens is offering a reward for information leading to the recovery of Maki, a ring-tailed lemur stolen from its enclosure. Anoushah Rasta reports.

Maki, a ring-tailed lemur stolen from its enclosure at the San Franisco Zoo, was found Thursday in Daly City, police said.

The San Francisco Zoo is asking for the public’s help after it appeared a lemur was stolen. The lemur is old, highly endangered, and now experts say his life is threatened outside of his home. Ian Cull reports.

The San Francisco Zoo held it’s annual March of the Penguins event Saturday, after the penguins returned from fish school where they learned to swim, eat whole fish and socialize with care takers. Due to the pandemic, only a limited number of guests attended the event.

About the same time the governor was announcing closures to portions of the states’ zoos, San Francisco’s Zoo was reopening for the first time in months. Zoo officials said they don’t believe the governor’s order — affecting inside areas — impacts them. So as NBC Bay Area’s Joe Rosato Jr. shows us, they’re moving ahead with reopening...

The San Francisco Zoo and Gardens will be able to reopen on Monday, while the reopening of other businesses like indoor restaurants and hair salons remains on hold due to a rise in CODID-19 cases, Mayor London Breed said Friday.