Red Wolf Recovery Program Update

News from USFWS came last week about the status of the Red Wolf Recovery Program. Spoiler alert: nothing dramatic to report. – click here (or here’s the direct link address to cut and paste in your browser: http://www.fws.gov/news/ShowNews.cfm?ID=AA349245-04DF-B5F8-78049E1AD97B717B)Read more

Pumpkins for alligators

Pumpkin season is coming. Post-Halloween leftovers are great for Museum enrichment. However, we had a little pumpkin fun early with the alligators on Friday. You know alligators “like” ducks, so no big surprise that they “like” pumpkins too! (Look for more pumpkin blog posts in November!)  Read more

QuikPost: Animals painting

  Autumn posted last month  a bit about lemurs painting. Read about animals’ painting at the National Zoo by clicking here. We’ll have an art exhibit with “animals’ art” the end of this year. Come by at take a look.Read more

Bear Limerick challenge accepted

At the behind-the-scenes bear program in August, a member accepted my tattoo challenge. This month, one of the participants accepted my Haiku or Limerick Challenge. Janet had one composed in her head before we finished the program AND emailed it to me. Thanks Janet!! (Check out our members only program schedule here.     There once was a bear named Gus Who wanted to become one of us So he shaved all his hair Sat down in a chair ThenRead more
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Spotlight: Keeper Janine

Meet Janine. Actually, blog readers first met Janine back in the summer of 2014 when she was kind enough to pose for a photo op with other volunteers. Photos of her have popped up in other blog posts: here and here. Janine started with us as a volunteer in 2014. We liked her so much we hired her! Her background working with animals- and as an engineer- are great assets for us. She is calm, thoughtful, and works on findingRead more