Episodes

  • Catching Up with Our Giant River Otters
    Jun 22 2025

    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!

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    34 mins
  • The Secret Lives of Beach Mice
    Jun 8 2025

    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!

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    1 hr and 2 mins
  • Get to Know Our Dingoes
    May 4 2025

    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.

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    30 mins
  • An Update on Our Lions
    Apr 20 2025

    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.

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    27 mins
  • Caring for Our Zoo's Macaws
    Apr 6 2025

    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!

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    44 mins
  • Revisiting Restore Our Shores
    Feb 2 2025

    We check in with our Restore Our Shores conservation team to learn more about some of their newest projects: buffer zones and seagrass!

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    42 mins
  • Giving Our Animal Residents Choice and Control
    Jan 19 2025

    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.

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    47 mins
  • The Barnyard
    Dec 15 2024

    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.

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    25 mins