A new nighttime event, Lights On, is transforming Brevard Zoo! With 30+ captivating artworks, virtual reality opportunities, lighting effects and more, Lights On isn't an event to miss out on! On today's podcast, we share some of an interview with one of our Lights On artists, Russ Ronat. If you're interested in experiencing Lights On for yourself, visit BrevardZoo.org to learn more!
This podcast, we're joined by Barnyard Attendant Em Waitt and Animal Ambassador Area Supervisor Savannah Luhn to chat all about our new Nigerian dwarf goats! In the episode, Em and Savannah dive into what it was like to introduce these five newbies to the rest of our goat squad, along with what it takes to care for our goats on a daily basis.
We're celebrating National Veterinary Technician Appreciation Week with a chat with two of our Zoo's certified veterinary technicians: Falicia and Rosemary!
We chat with Curator of Animals Michelle Johnston and Lands of Change keeper Spring Rommel about some of the more unique members of our freeflight aviaries - our laughing kookaburras and our tawny frogmouths!
Today, we're diving into the positive effects of nature on young children! Joined by Early Education Learning Manager Sky Collier and preschool teacher Lashawna Tepper, we talk all about our Zoo's Early Childhood Learning programs, including our curriculums, special animal encounters and favorite stories. Tune in!
Brevard Zoo's herd of deer has grown - tune in to learn more about all of our deer ladies!
Happy National Zookeeper Week! This podcast, we're chatting with Lands of Change keeper Spring Rommel and Rainforest Revealed keeper Emma Robinson about how their beginnings in animal care and where they are at our Zoo today. Thank you to all of our amazing staff for caring for our animals each and every day.
Today, we've invited Rainforest Revealed keepers Anna Foster and Mary Ellis to talk about how we care for our giant river otter siblings, Felix and Ophelia! Our guests tell us all about the giant river otter species, how we train our otters, silly stories and more!
Join us on the podcast today as we learn from two of our amazing conservation experts, Alyssa Rice and Kelly Currier! These beach mice experts fill us in on what it takes to care for dozens of Perdido Key Beach Mice, a species that is at our Zoo as part of an essential conservation breeding program. Learn all about these rare mice and how we are helping to save them from extinction!
Today, Lands of Change Area Supervisor Mic McPherson and Senior Keeper Alyssa Padmos are filling us in on what it takes to care for our two 12-year-old dingoes, Sydney and Victoria. From tunnel time to their daily training walks, there's never a dull day for our two dingo sisters.
What does it take to move three lions? Today we're chatting about how we moved our lion trio, Chobe, Karoo and Ruaha, to their new habitat in our Expedition Africa loop and how they've acclimated to the space so far! Joining us are senior Expedition Africa keeper Cindy Watson and Africa keeper Matt Ward.
Zookeepers Grace Scott and Christen Carrillo join us for today's episode to talk all about what goes into the daily care of our macaws!
We check in with our Restore Our Shores conservation team to learn more about some of their newest projects: buffer zones and seagrass!
Providing our animal residents with meaningful choices in their daily lives is essential to their wellbeing! We're joined by Animal Wellbeing and Bear Coordinator Marc Franzen and Curator of Ambassador Animals Madison Polk to learn more about how we do this at Brevard Zoo.
The Barnyard is home to some of the animals open to pets at Brevard Zoo: our goats, bloodhounds, chickens, and African spurred tortoise! Learn more about what life's like in The Barnyard.
We're featuring two members of our Hurricane Rideout Team: Jess Patterson, a Sea Turtle Healing Center coordinator, and Albert Ferraro, a Rainforest Revealed zookeeper. We are so thankful for the efforts from our rideout team and the safety of our Zoo.
Learn more about the amazing animals who call the area our Cape to Cairo Express travels in home. Think of our Ankole-Watusi cattle, Eastern bongo, male impala and, of course, Frankie the Dromedary camel!
We have a new host for our podcast! Meet Jenny, our new communications coordinator, who will be joining us on future podcasts.
Two members of Brevard Zoo's Horticulture team join us to share more about their work at our Zoo, from beautifying guest spaces to landscaping habitats to creating areas for native species to thrive.
Ssssssit down and enjoy our latest podcast all about the two largest snakes at our Zoo: Brittany the Burmese python and Tsodilo the African rock python!