The Living Desert will put on a special springtime version of its popular holiday WildLights display after cutting short the December event due to the coronavirus pandemic. “WildLights of Spring” will ...

For the past 50 years, The Living Desert Zoo and Gardens has been a top destination in Greater Palm Springs. What began as a small operation in 1970 with just a handful of animals has turned into a ...

BRIGHTER, LIGHTER NIGHTS, and Daylight Saving Time — that starts March 9 — can put a person in an illuminated state of mind. As the sunlight stretches into the mid-evening and we begin spending more ...

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 ...

Local zookeepers at The Living Desert Zoo and Gardens in Palm Desert and Indian Wells are working to form a union – saying they're struggling with the cost of living. The zoo's animal care team has ...

The Living Desert Zoo and Gardens in Palm Desert welcomed its second giraffe calf in a month. This new calf was born on February 26 to Shellie (mom) and Kelley (dad). According to the zoo, at birth, ...

The Living Desert Zoo and Gardens in Palm Desert has announced the loss of one of its oldest leopards. Zoya was a 21-year-old Amur leopard who died on Wednesday due to old age, zoo officials announced ...

PALM DESERT, Calif. (CNS) – The Living Desert Zoo and Gardens will officially open its Rhino Savanna on Friday. The 4-acre, $17 million habitat will house 12 African species, including two black ...

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, ...