The San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance has announced the birth of four meerkat pups, marking the first litter in six years, and visitors can now see them at Conrad Prebys Africa Rocks.

Two male lesser flamingos at San Diego Zoo Safari Park have become first-time dads after hatching an egg together. The pair, both in their 40s, excel at brooding and feeding their chick with crop milk.

First-time flamingo foster dads raise chick at San Diego zoo - The same-sex couple and their chick are reported to be thriving as new parents, said the zoo