Julie Sharp is a digital producer at CBS Los Angeles. She is a South Bay native and majored in print journalism at Cal State University Long Beach. Julie previously reported for the Beach Reporter, ...

Animals from the Big Bear Alpine Zoo that were transported to Living Desert Zoo and Gardens in Palm Desert last week to evacuate from the Line fire could be returning back home on Thursday. Conditions ...

Staff at the Living Desert Zoo and Gardens in Palm Desert are mourning the passing of Zoya, an Amur leopard that had been a resident of the zoo for the past 11 years. Zoya, one of the rarest cats on ...

A frantic rescue of animals from the Big Bear Alpine Zoo. The wildlife will be temporarily housed at The Living Desert Zoo and Gardens in Palm Desert. Credit: The Living Desert Zoo and Gardens As the ...

A Palm Desert zoo announced Tuesday that its team of experienced animal care professionals will depart for Somaliland this week to assist in the care of cheetah cubs recently rescued from wildlife ...

As smoke from the nearby Line Fire blanketed the Big Bear Alpine Zoo over the past week, workers at the zoo sprang into action to protect their animals — and looked to their colleagues in the ...

Tucked away in one of California’s desert resort towns, the Living Desert Zoo and Gardens can activate your senses unlike any other wildlife refuge. For one month out of the year, the park begins to ...

EVENING, MEET THE AFTERNOON: With the conclusion of Daylight Saving Time in early November, our late afternoons will begin to feel more like evening than daytime. We greet this autumnal event in many ...

PALM DESERT – The Living Desert’s collection of arid-zone animals is continuing to expand, the zoo announced Wednesday, with the addition of a fossa from North Dakota. Shilo, 3½, is the parks’ first ...