education

Taken November 2024.

The first thing creationists say is "Evolution is just a theory." Any science literate person knows the word they're looking for is hypothesis. Denying evolution is wrong. Do zoos that keep gorillas, orangutans, monkeys, lemurs, etc have a responsibility to educate the public about the role of...

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...

Historically, zoo animals have been exhibited in taxonomic fashion. Partly for ease of care, partly for zoos having a "stamp collecting" mentality. More recently, we've had zoogeographic exhibits: which can be wonderfully educative, but are often repetitive across zoos. "Asian temple", "Amazon...

Hi, This is another take of a modern children zoo. This children zoo upholds the aim of a modern zoo - it focuses of keeping wild, and mostly endangered species. Still, these animals can be allowed to interact with children. The exhibit is also strongly educative - at the level of children...

Zoos and exotic pets are linked. I wonder how zoos can use this connection? Zoos could teach people positively, encouraging interest in responsible keeping exotic animals. Zoos could also teach not to keep pets irresponsibly, e.g.buy baby turtles which end up in zoos or suburban canals. In Lyon...

Hi, and welcome! My spec zoo is a rather sizeable institute on the coast of British Columbia’s Tchentlo Lake. The region is mostly conifers, but every now and again some of our outdoor habitats have been planted with more… suitable, shall I say, plant life for the region it’s inhabitants can be...

Most of interesting stuff in zoos happens backstage. It is there where many rare animals are bred in privacy, where research takes place and keepers work and toil with animals. Most zoos aim to hide everyday work, and show facade of entertainment and fake nature. But visitors are very...

I just read an interesting article: https://www.cell.com/iscience/fulltext/S2589-0042(22)00892-6?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS2589004222008926%3Fshowall%3Dtrue My take out are: - Wild Rock Dove in Europe is becoming genetically extinct by hybridization...

In the AZA, there's a wide array of zoo programs and opportunities for teens interested in wildlife and conservation. It's a very common trend in the AZA and even non-accredited zoos in America. These teen programs can involve educating guests, helping zookeepers, or college/career preparatory...

Ambassador Animal Exercise Yard. All the fence work is done, but a climbing structure and some landscaping will be added. This summer it will be used by volunteers as a place for educational presentations involving the zoo's ambassador animals.

I was wondering how zoos teach and encourage visitors to actually act for conservation. Education e.g. from a zoo in Europe about destruction of wildlife in Africa can be pointless, because European city dwellers agree its horrible, but their knowledge changes nothing on the ground. How zoos...

Over the years I've come across a few examples of signage in zoos that explain a little more about the stories and "personality" or traits of individual animal kept on display and I always find them interesting. I think that we humans are a species innately attracted to stories and narratives...

Zoos have the role of making people become conservationists or interested in animals for life. Rather than just breeding rare species or teaching visitors few facts about animals. I wonder what zoos are best in it, and what kind of zoo is best for it? What actually interested you the most? I...

Hello Everyone! I'm currently a college student majoring in Biology. My plan is to become a zookeeper. I have noticed that San Diego Zoo Global Academy offers certificate courses which can be used as college credits. I'm curious about how many credits I can possibly get through SDZ Global...

Ever since science has inspired me and made me study biology today, I have since then wondered why Zoos is NOT very educational. When I enter a Zoo in Denmark, I mostly only see a few facts, and a short description of the curtain animal and not much else. The biologists (or someone alike) who...

Just found it. Has lots of cute animals, but also some interesting presentations of new exhibits (mostly German-speaking) and some material explaining the role of modern zoos. Worth searching if you need to counter some anti-zoo arguments. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjqDxjsthcHlK6HlNOCjMgw