Amazing Wildlife: A San Diego Zoo Podcast

This episode of Amazing Wildlife explores wildlife conservation education with Lisa Biasolo, vice president of education at San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance, discussing educational initiatives and the importance of conservation.

This episode explores the social dynamics of elephants through a conversation with a senior wildlife expert at the Safari Park, focusing on elephant characteristics and conservation.

This episode explores the Frozen Zoo, a genetic preservation facility at San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance, featuring an interview with its curator Marlis Houck on its 50th anniversary and conservation impact.

This episode of Amazing Wildlife celebrates International Flamingo Day with hosts at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park, featuring a flamingo specialist to discuss these unique birds.

Two hosts discuss the ongoing renovation of Elephant Valley at the Safari Park and speculate on how the elephants and wildlife care specialists will adapt to the new habitat.

The hosts discuss adding visual content to their wildlife podcast and introduce an article about meerkats from the San Diego Wildlife Alliance Journal.

This episode introduces season three by exploring fascinating facts about the king cobra, emphasizing that all wildlife species offer valuable educational insights beyond just popular animals.

This episode introduces the thick-billed parrot, discussing its habitat and conservation efforts by the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance in Mexico.

This episode discusses elephant conservation and wildlife community stories through the lens of the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance Journal while recording on location at the zoo.

This episode provides an update on giant pandas at the San Diego Zoo, discussing Panda Ridge renovations and the upcoming California Panda Day anniversary.

This episode explores the work of the overnight wildlife care team at San Diego Safari Park, discussing their unique nighttime duties and interactions with nocturnal animals.

This episode of Amazing Wildlife discusses World Lion Day, sharing lion facts and conservation information while referencing a previous episode about unique lions in Kenya.

This episode of Amazing Wildlife discusses the Butterfly Jungle exhibit at the San Diego Safari Park, highlighting the seasonal experience and referencing a previous episode about caterpillar metamorphosis.

This episode explores female leadership in the animal kingdom, focusing on how individual females influence entire animal families across species like lions, gorillas, elephants, and killer whales.

This episode of Amazing Wildlife focuses on burrowing owls in San Diego County, exploring their conservation status and the region's unique biological diversity.

This episode explores the conservation story of the Przewalski's horse and how the frozen zoo at San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance helps address genetic bottlenecks in endangered species.

This episode of Amazing Wildlife celebrates World Cassowary Day by exploring the unique cassowary birds at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park's Walkabout Australia habitat.

This episode explores conservation efforts to save endangered oak trees, drawing parallels with wildlife preservation and discussing innovative methods like seed banking and genetic storage.

This episode explores carnivorous plants at the San Diego Zoo with horticulturist Adam Painter, following up on a previous discussion about carnivorous animals.

This episode explores cheetahs through a conversation at the Cheetah Conservation Center with a lead wildlife care specialist, covering their characteristics and conservation efforts.

This episode explores the Milky Stork, a carnivorous bird from Southeast Asia's mangroves, highlighting its conservation story with parallels to the California condor.

This episode of Amazing Wildlife focuses on the Pacific pond turtle, a species of special concern, exploring its conservation status and habitat within the Southwest Hub region of the United States and Mexico.

This episode explores the origins and significance of Earth Day, connecting it to wildlife conservation efforts at the San Diego Zoo and discussing its historical context in 1970s environmental activism.

This episode introduces the return of giant pandas to the San Diego Zoo, discussing the zoo's historical partnership with China and upcoming insights from panda conservationists.

This episode of Amazing Wildlife focuses on koalas in the Australian Forest Conservation Hub, clarifying that they are marsupials, not bears, while exploring their unique characteristics and conservation efforts.

This episode explores polar bears' adaptations, hunting behaviors, and conservation challenges in their Arctic habitat.

This episode explores the fascinating world of orchids, highlighting their conservation challenges and unique characteristics beyond their common decorative use.

This episode of Amazing Wildlife explores the echidna, a rare and unusual species, through host Rick Schwartz's personal experience caring for Victor the echidna at the San Diego Zoo's Children's Zoo.

This episode explores the importance of vultures in ecosystems, inspired by International Vulture Awareness Day, and highlights conservation efforts to protect these misunderstood birds.

This episode explores the semi-aquatic capybara, an oversized rodent often called the 'water pig,' through a behind-the-scenes look at the San Diego Zoo with a wildlife care specialist.

Hosts Rick Schwartz and Marco Wendt introduce an episode on vultures, timed with International Vulture Awareness Day, to explore their importance and challenge common misconceptions.

Hosts Rick Schwartz and Marco Wendt celebrate World Rhino Day by discussing rhino species, conservation efforts, and fascinating facts, aiming to raise awareness and engage listeners in wildlife protection.

This episode of Amazing Wildlife focuses on gorillas, exploring their behavior, social structures, and conservation efforts by the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance, including work in the Ebo Forest.

This episode explores the role of horticulture at the Safari Park, featuring an interview with the Director of Horticulture to discuss how plants enhance wildlife habitats and visitor experiences.

The hosts introduce the season two finale of Amazing Wildlife, discussing their upcoming visit to the Biodiversity Reserve at the Safari Park and emphasizing the importance of local wildlife and getting outdoors.

This episode of Amazing Wildlife features an interview with a senior wildlife care specialist at San Diego Zoo to discuss okapis in celebration of World Okapi Day.

The hosts of Amazing Wildlife discuss doing a penguin-focused episode where they trade fun facts, referencing previous episodes about nocturnal wildlife and polar bears.

This episode discusses the crucial behind-the-scenes science and conservation work at San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance, focusing on wildlife health teams and their impact on species like California condors.

This episode of Amazing Wildlife explores spiders, addressing common fears and misconceptions while highlighting their fascinating biology and importance in nature.

This episode discusses the public's fascination with giant pandas at the San Diego Zoo and Safari Park, prompted by interviews about Kids Free Month events, while humorously addressing common visitor questions about panda access.

This episode explores how the San Diego Zoo's horticulture department manages the massive bamboo supply needed to feed giant pandas, which eat 30-65 pounds daily for 12 hours.

This episode of Amazing Wildlife explores the importance of conservation partnerships through a behind-the-scenes interview with Greg Vecchino, vice president of wildlife care at the San Diego Zoo.

This episode of Amazing Wildlife celebrates Endangered Species Day by discussing conservation success stories of species that have been removed from the endangered list, featuring hosts Rick Schwartz and Marco Wendt.

This episode explores the history and significance of the Frozen Zoo, a cryogenic conservation initiative by San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance that preserves genetic material to combat extinction, as hosts discuss its 50th anniversary and applications like oak tree conservation.

This episode features an interview with a wildlife care specialist at San Diego Zoo Safari Park to explore gorilla facts and debunk common misconceptions about these mammals.

This episode explores the conservation success story of the California condor through an interview with a senior wildlife care specialist at San Diego Zoo Safari Park.

This episode of Amazing Wildlife explores giraffes' unique adaptations like their long necks and legs, while also featuring casual banter about birds and the summer solstice.

This episode discusses the origins of the Frozen Zoo at San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance, featuring an interview with Rolf Bernerski about his father's pioneering conservation work.

Amazing Wildlife: A San Diego Zoo Podcast uses Trunks, Tusks, and a Ton of Facts for World Elephant Day!

Rick Schwartz and Marco Wendt mark International Tiger Day with Lori Heber, a lead wildlife care specialist at San Diego Zoo Safari Park's Tiger Trail.

Rick Schwartz and Marco Wendt bring Ian Ingram, the Conservation Technology Lab lead at San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance, into the Beckman Building to explain how computers, sensors, and AI support wildlife work across the Southwest Hub, the Amazonian Hub, and the Asian rainforest hub.

Amazing Wildlife: A San Diego Zoo Podcast focuses on Kenya's community conservancies, where Tomas Pickering says only about 10% of the country is in formal parks while 65-70% of wildlife lives outside them.

Rick Schwartz and Marco Wendt open by linking World Giraffe Day to June 21, the longest day in the Northern Hemisphere, and then head to the San Diego Zoo Safari Park.