By the Numbers

November/December 2021 Vol. 1 No. 5

Journey Through Our Conservation Work This issue of the San Diego Zoo

Wildlife Alliance Journal focuses on the Amazonia hub. To learn more about our collaborative conservation programs around the world, including our wildlife care at the San Diego Zoo and San Diego Zoo Safari Park, visit sdzwa.org.

Oceans

Polar Bear & Penguin Amazonia

Jaguar

Savanna

Elephant & Rhino Southwest

Desert Tortoise & Burrowing Owl Asian Rainforest

Tiger Australian Forest

Platypus & Koala Pacific Islands

‘Alalā African Forest

Gorilla

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Contents

2 President/CEO’s Letter 3 By the Numbers 4 Findings 6 Meet Our Team 8 Hot Topics 42 Events 44 Kids Page 45 Last Look

Cover Story

10 From the Living Mountain to the Living Jungle

For Andean bear conservation efforts to work, scientists must study the varying landscape as well.

Features

14 A Year—and Beyond— of Wonder and Wildlife

Amazing species from four unique ecosystems await in the Zoo’s upcoming Sanford Wildlife Explorers Basecamp, opening in February 2022.

16 2022 Calendar

Meet stylized versions of some of the wildlife that will call the Wildlife Explorers Basecamp home.

40 Visualize It

Explore the interconnected ecosystems that make the Amazon one of the most extraordinary—and vital— places in the world.