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During April 17th-20th of next year, I'm travelling to California for 3 (possibly 3.5 days). I'm going to be in San Francisco and I don't want to be that rushed. For the Friday & Saturday, I'm likely going to San Diego Zoo (any layout/paths for each day?) and then on Sunday, I'm going to another...

I'm going to Japan (Kanto region) for a weeklong trip (not too packed). I'm staying in Tokyo (Marunouchi region) and Kamakura (close to Enoshima Aquarium) along with some short trips (ie. Yokohama). It's my first time in Asia so it's going to be a new experience. What are recommendations for...

During early May of next year, I'm travelling back to California before my Japan trip with ~1 full weekday there. I'm going to be in San Francisco and I don't want to be that rushed. I'm going to revisit (after over 7+ years) San Francisco Zoo & Steinhart Aquarium (possibly Aquarium of the Bay)...

Hi there everyone, I'm a recent transplant to the American southwest, and as a zoo nerd I'm ecstatic to be within road tripping distance to SoCal and its amazing zoos, namely SDZ and SDZSP. As someone who has never lived in the southwest before I'm largely unfamiliar with how the seasons work...

My wife and I are going to do a zoo road trip for our 3rd wedding anniversary this October and I would like any tips or advice on how to make it memorable. We live in Rochester, MN and are planning to head west to the Great Plains Zoo in Sioux Falls, SD then south to Henry Doorly in Omaha, NE...

Hello all, After years of living in California and not getting to really explore the Bay Area much, I am planning on knocking out all the places I haven't seen around there (as well as repeat visits to the couple I have been to, both years ago). These include: - Oakland Zoo - San Francisco Zoo...

While not news-related, I am anticipating a visit to the zoo in the coming days, and I thought it would be worth sharing some questions before my travels: (1) Will seeing both Marcella (sun bear) and the Andean Bears right when the zoo opens the best time to see them all awake? (2) Regardless...

Good afternoon everyone. As last year's trip around Germany was a big success (and the Deutsch Ticket is "broken" in gaming terms), I'm going for round 2 this September! I plan to visit more zoos and natural history museums, with the main objective of photographing species I don't have in my...

I have been a member of Zoochat for a bit but never commented so here we go! Next year I am planning on taking my family on a zoo vacation. My plan was to go to a zoo every day beings my two children are obsessed with them (mostly venomous snakes). How I see it we could go 1. Buffalo Zoo 2...

So I graduated in 2021 with my BSc in Zoology & Biology. Since then I interned abroad in South Africa in 2022 growing my skills in camera trapping, data collection, bird point counts, and telemetry experience. In 2024 I got a seasonal position with USGS working with black-footed ferrets and...

Hi fellow zoo chatters, long time lurker here (made an account just for this) I have put together a proposal for a diurnal and nocturnal zoo within my local area (NSW) and determined a list of species/families that would be included, it is hopped that there would be around 15-20 native habitats...

Hello, I am currently planning a trip to San Diego for early September. I am planning on visiting the San Diego Zoo, Safari Park, and Sea World San Diego. This will be my first time visiting these zoos I am hoping I could get some advice on a few things. for San Diego Zoo: - Could the entire...

Hi Zoochatters! I’m going on a small zoo trip for just over a week in early March, to Spain and Germany. My itinerary currently looks like this: Saturday 2nd – Arrive in Madrid, do non-zoo things in the late afternoon/evening Sunday 3rd – Zoo Madrid Monday 4th – Faunia Madrid Tuesday 5th – Fly...

Hi everybody! I've just recently gained access to the Speculative Zoo Design & Planning forum, and it couldn't have happened at a better time! I'm taking a course on architecture and design right now. Recently, my class was given an assignment to develop anything we are passionate about, and for...

Hi everyone! Hope you're all doing well! In my last thread we all talked about how zoos can improve their visitor experience. Thanks to everyone who participated! I wanted to question the Zoochat community today if zoos offer their visitors quality educational activities. This refers to whether...

Hi everybody! I'm currently working on a project for school and wanted to ask everyone the following question and learn from your experiences. This thread isn't about what zoos need to do better with regards to the care of the animals and research. But how to enhance guest experiences! Do zoos...

Hi everyone, I'm new to Zoochat, so I hope to meet and discuss about wildlife with everybody here in the future. I'm soon going to the Fort Worth Zoo for the first time and I wanted to ask everyone about their favorite exhibits, animals, and things I should do while there. Thank y'all in...

Are there any care guides for zoo animals that certain zoos make for other zoos? How do zoos know how to care for their animals? Where do they learn?

Hello everyone! New member here, but I've been doing photography and sharing it elsewhere since 2021. Recently I upped my game and upgraded my kit, but I am trying to figure out how people get such amazing photos where the background is fully black. I of course have thought about simply editing...

Hi guys, so I am going to Uganda and Kenya in 2023 and the two cameras I plan on bringing with me is my PowerShot SX530 HS, and my newer camera which is a DSLR, my EOS Rebel T7 the longest lens I have for that camera is 75 mm-300mm. Now I have been practicing animal photographery at zoos for...