At the San Diego Zoo Safari Park, a herd of African elephants was caught on video running over to protect their young by encircling them during a 5.2 magnitude earthquake SAN DIEGO -- As the ...

SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — The San Diego Zoo and Safari Park will be closing much earlier than they did last year during the summer months. The nonprofit San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance quietly ...

African Elephants at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park instinctively created an "alert circle" during the earthquake. The action was caught on camera, as seen below. The San Diego Zoo Wildlife ...

A zoo spokesperson told the San Diego Tribune that the behavior is called an “alert circle,” and is “intended to protect the young - and the entire herd - from threats.” In another video shared by ...

Video from the San Diego Zoo Safari Park shows a herd of African elephants respond to the movement during Monday’s magnitude 5.2 earthquake, first running as the ground shakes, then coming ...

At the San Diego Zoo Safari Park, a herd of African elephants was caught on video running over to protect their young by ...

Watch: Elephants at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park surrounded the younger elephants in a protective “alert circle” when a 5.2 ...

Visitors to the San Diego Zoo and San Diego Zoo Safari Park this summer will find shortened operating hours at both facilities. Safari Park is closing at 4 p.m., three hours earlier than last ...

a herd of elephants at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park sprung into action to protect their young. A video shot of their enclosure at the park Monday morning shows the five African elephants standing ...

Once in a circle, “they sort of freeze as they gather information about where the danger is,” said Mindy Albright, a curator of mammals at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park. Elephants are highly ...