3+ day, 15+ hour ago   (277+ words) SAN DIEGO, CA — Eight baby lizards have been born at the San Diego Zoo after their mothers were found among dozens of reptiles packed inside knotted and taped pillowcases at the U.S.-Mexico border, zoo officials said Thursday. The animals…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (738+ words) Nearly a year after the surprise hatching of eggs from a lesser-known species of octopus occurred at the La Jolla-based Birch Aquarium at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego, the animal care team has reached yet another milestone…...

3+ week, 14+ hour ago   (469+ words) Thomas Murphy is a UC San Diego alumnus, graduating with a B.S. in Business Psychology and a sociology minor. He served as Photo Editor and Webmaster for The UCSD Guardian, where he reported on UCSD's sale of medical cadavers for Israeli…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (284+ words) LA JOLLA (FOX5/KUSI) — Two juvenile red octopuses have made the historic move to display at the Birch Aquarium at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego. In October 2025, the Birch Aquarium began the process of raising these octopuses from…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (527+ words) SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — While the West Coast is typically not known as a hot spot for shark sightings at beaches, the warmer water temperatures from El Niño are changing things up this year. Not only has the Pacific Ocean…...

4+ week, 20+ hour ago   (339+ words) HARLAN COUNTY, Ky. (FOX 56) — A Kentucky woman is warning others after a bear broke into her home early Thursday morning, leaving behind a mess and a shattered glass table. Kendra North said she is a heavy sleeper and didn’t hear…...

4+ week, 22+ hour ago   (853+ words) Today’s column is the seventh in a series about the birds and animals that visit Secret Spring, a remote waterhole in the oak and pine forest of Palomar Mountain. There is very little I fear in nature. OK, I’m not…...