Betty White is well aware that while the other kids were rocking 'round the clock, Elton John was hopping and bopping to the Crocodile Rock. And that's why she adopted a crocodile at the L.A. Zoo in John's name in honor of the legendary music man's 65th birthday. more ›

Actress Betty White recently celebrated her 90th birthday, and to honor one of entertainment's most respected young ladies, the Greater Los Angeles Zoo Association (GLAZA) arranged to name the Los Angeles Zoo's new baby orangutan after White's "Hot in Cleveland" character "Elka." more ›

The Los Angeles Zoo is struggling to meet its payroll, and with the current state of the city's budget, there isn't likely to be an influx of cash streaming in from the coffers any time soon. One solution on the table is to turn the Zoo over to a private operator who can afford to run the attraction, according to the Press-Telegram. more ›

A judge has ruled that the L.A. Zoo can move forward with its plan to open a controversial new elephant exhibit scheduled to debut on Dec. 16, reports KTLA. However, the lawsuit to stop the expansion filed by late actor Robert Culp will also move forward. more ›

The Los Angeles Zoo officially welcomed some August babies to the public this week -- a Masai giraffe, a male Calamian deer and two Chacoan peccaries. Head to Griffith Park and meet your new neighbors, and don't forget to check out the baby Komodo dragon hatchlings, a variety of exotic hoof stock in the nursery and the first ever harbor seal pup born at L.A. Zoo. Also this week, Betty White, long-time supporter and trustee of GLAZA was named Chairman of the Greater Los Angeles Zoo Association. more ›

Betty White is this year's "it girl." She has a new sitcom, "Hot in Cleveland," recently made an acclaimed appearance on Saturday Night Live, and unveiled her "Naked Dog" for Pink's Hot Dogs. Now it appears that she is even more popular than the world championship Lakers. At last weekend's GLAZA benefit, courtside seats were auctioned off at $8,000 whereas lunch and a tour of the zoo with Betty White fetched a cool $10,000. more ›

Pink's Hot Dogs has always had a wide fan base, from Sugar Ray Leonard, Bruce Willis, Snoop Dogg, Karl Lagerfeld, Leroy Neiman, who once sketched the stand, and most famously Betty White, who recently unveiled her favorite hot dog, "The Naked Dog". We eagerly await their newest stand in LAX. more ›

Next weekend the Los Angeles Zoo is hosting a reception as part of the centennial celebration of Selig Studios, Hollywood’s first film studio, and its founder, movie pioneer “Colonel” William Selig. Presented by the Greater Los Angeles Zoo Association (GLAZA) in conjunction with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the evening will include a screening (accompanied by period music) of two jungle-themed 1913 silent films, "The Adventures of Kathlyn" and "Thor - Lord of the Jungle," produced by Selig, whose passion for making these movies led to his collection of a vast animal menagerie which he later opened to the public as the Selig Zoo. more ›

The LA Zoo's annual Beastly Ball is known to be one of the hottest tickets in town. The benefit held this year on Saturday, June 20th raised $1,226,000 for the zoo. This year, the 39th Beastly Ball, honored philanthropist and GLAZA Trustee Laura Z. Wasserman. more ›

How's this for timely? GLAZA, the friends-of group to the LA Zoo, announced late last night that they'll pay the $1.2 million annual debt service for the exhibit. Basically, that relieves the city's general fund of this debt and will allow construction to continue, they say. This comes right before the City Council will sit down today and possibly vote on the fate of the controversial elephant exhibit. more ›

Brenda Scott Royce, director of publications for the Greater Los Angeles Zoo Association, sounded off this weekend at Huffington Post about all the elephant talk going on these days. Animal activists and Councilman Tony Cardenas want the exhibit currently under construction to halt work and have a search a large expansive elephant sanctuary. Royce, along with others, believe the exhibit is just fine. Their point of view has not gotten as much press, so here's some of it. more ›