Care for the rare: Panamanian golden frogs

Hey everyone – my name is Char, and I’m a Keeper II with the Herpetology Team. That means I get...

Pandas

April 29, 2020

Panda Updates – Wednesday, April 29

It’s the giant pandas’ and Panda Care Team’s favorite time of year: bamboo shoot season! Bamboo shoots are popping up...

Keeper Stories

April 28, 2020

Behind the scenes with the gorillas

COVID-19 has forced all of us to make many lifestyle changes. It has even affected the way we at the...

Keeper Stories

April 23, 2020

Training the human animal

At the Zoo, we talk a lot about how we use positive reinforcement training to enable the animals to participate...

Keeper Stories

April 21, 2020

Love in the time of COVID

Spring has sprung and although we humans are trying to practice social distancing and staying away from each other, let’s...

Conservation

April 21, 2020

The Importance of Pet Adoption

With all the extra time at home everyone has now, many people may be considering getting a new pet. But,...

Pandas

April 17, 2020

Panda Updates – Friday, April 17

This week, Ambassador Animals Team members Megan and Wendy brought some new friends to visit the pandas! Olaf and Sven...

Keeper Stories

April 16, 2020

What a year!

Hi-ya everyone! Elephant Keeper Caleb again! It’s hard to believe that next month is my one-year anniversary as a part...

Pandas

April 15, 2020

Panda Updates – Wednesday, April 15

Earlier this week, we posted some tips on telling the giant panda twins apart on PandaCam. As a follow-up to...

Keeper Stories

April 14, 2020

Celebrating birthdays behind the scenes

Hello everyone! Last week was a busy one for Team B in the Primate Department as we celebrated FIVE birthdays!...

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