Archive for the 'iZoofari Chats' Category

iZoofari Chat: Panda Cub… It’s a Girl!

Posted at 2:17 pm September 13, 2007 by Dennis Corbran

iZoofari Chats from the San Diego Zoo

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Panda keeper Angie Fiore talks about our 6-week-old panda cub’s progress and about caring for pandas at the San Diego Zoo. Hosted by Debbie Andreen. (6:51)

NEW! iZoofari Chats are an occasional series of interviews that put you in touch with the people who work for the Zoo and Wild Animal Park. Current subscribers to either the Zoo or Wild Animal Park podcast feeds will also get the iZoofari Chats.

iZoofari Chat: Panda Cub at Five Weeks Old

Posted at 3:03 pm September 7, 2007 by Dennis Corbran

iZoofari Chats from the San Diego Zoo

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Panda researcher Suzanne Hall catches us up on the panda cub’s progress as it turns five weeks old. Hosted by Debbie Andreen. (10:42)

NEW! iZoofari Chats are an occasional series of interviews that put you in touch with the people who work for the Zoo and Wild Animal Park. Current subscribers to either the Zoo or Wild Animal Park podcast feeds will also get the iZoofari Chats.

iZoofari Chat: Panda Cub’s 2nd Exam

Posted at 3:23 pm August 30, 2007 by Dennis Corbran

iZoofari Chats from the San Diego Zoo

Dr. Pye with cub

So, is it a boy or a girl? Hear if the San Diego Zoo’s veterinary staff has an answer yet. Dr. Geoff Pye conducted the cub’s second examination, and he takes a few minutes to tell us how this exam went. (6:53)

NEW! iZoofari Chats are a series of interviews that put you in touch with the people who work for the Zoo and Wild Animal Park. Current subscribers to either the Zoo or Wild Animal Park podcast feeds will also get the iZoofari Chats.

iZoofari Chat: Koala Estrus Behavior Study

Posted at 8:39 am August 30, 2007 by Dennis Corbran

iZoofari Chats from the San Diego Zoo

Cooladi the koala

How do you know when a female koala is ready to breed? It’s not such an easy task. CRES Neeper Summer Student Fellow Maressa Takahashi and San Diego Zoo koala keeper Amy Alfrey are involved in a study of female koala behavior that should help keepers decide when the time is right. Read a blog about Maressa’s study. (11:35)

NEW! iZoofari Chats are a series of interviews that put you in touch with the people who work for the Zoo and Wild Animal Park. Current subscribers to either the Zoo or Wild Animal Park podcast feeds will also get the iZoofari Chats.

iZoofari Chat: Panda Cub’s First Exam

Posted at 3:20 pm August 23, 2007 by Dennis Corbran

iZoofari Chats from the San Diego Zoo

Cub with Dr. Sutherland-Smith

NEW! iZoofari Chats are an occasional series of interviews that put you in touch with the people who work for the Zoo and Wild Animal Park. Current subscribers to either the Zoo or Wild Animal Park podcast feeds will also get the iZoofari Chats.

San Diego Zoo veterinarian Dr. Meg Sutherland-Smith describes the first exam of Bai Yun’s newest cub, what she looks for during the exam, and how this cub compares to the three others she has examined. (9:45)

Read a blog about the first exam.

iZoofari Chat: Panda Cub’s First Week

Posted at 10:30 am August 16, 2007 by Dennis Corbran

iZoofari Chats from the San Diego Zoo

panda cub 11 days

NEW! iZoofari Chats are an occasional series of interviews that put you in touch with the people who work for the Zoo and Wild Animal Park. Current subscribers to either the Zoo or Wild Animal Park podcast feeds will also get the iZoofari Chats.

As Bai Yun’s newborn cub grows, panda researcher Suzanne Hall fills us in on how the new cub’s progress compares to others, and gives us some insight on how pandas take care of their young. (12:23)

iZoofari Chat: Wild Animal Park Field Research

Posted at 1:42 pm August 15, 2007 by Dennis Corbran

iZoofari Chats from the San Diego Zoo

nile lechwe at the Wild Animal Park

NEW! iZoofari Chats are an occasional series of interviews that put you in touch with the people who work for the Zoo and Wild Animal Park. Current subscribers to either the Zoo or Wild Animal Park podcast feeds will also get the iZoofari Chats.

Caroline Pitt and Blair Roberts of the Behavioral Biology Division of CRES take us out into the East Africa field exhibit at the Wild Animal Park to talk about their research on the animals who call it home. (15:37)

Here’s more information about Caroline’s study.
Read one of Blair’s blogs, Sable Antelope: Unwanted Roommates?

iZoofari Chat: New Panda Cub Watch

Posted at 11:55 am August 7, 2007 by Dennis Corbran

iZoofari Chats from the San Diego Zoo

cub at 3 days imageNEW! iZoofari Chats are an occasional series of interviews that put you in touch with the people who work for the Zoo and Wild Animal Park. Current subscribers to either the Zoo or Wild Animal Park podcast feeds will also get the iZoofari Chats.

An interview with Senior Research Technician Suzanne Hall as she observes giant panda Bai Yun with her newborn cub. Suzanne talks about behaviors observed, and others to expect as the cub grows. (6:20)

iZoofari Chat: Giant Panda Pregnancy Confirmed

Posted at 9:56 am July 31, 2007 by Dennis Corbran

iZoofari Chats from the San Diego Zoo

ultrasound imageNEW! iZoofari Chats are an occasional series of interviews that put you in touch with the people who work for the Zoo and Wild Animal Park. Current subscribers to either the Zoo or Wild Animal Park podcast feeds will also get the iZoofari Chats.

An interview with Senior Research Technician Suzanne Hall as she observes giant panda Bai Yun. We learn that Bai Yun is pregnant, how we know, and what to expect as the birth day approaches. (4:23)

iZoofari Chat: Giant Panda Pregnancy Watch

Posted at 3:08 pm July 25, 2007 by Dennis Corbran

iZoofari Chats from the San Diego Zoo

NEW! iZoofari Chats are an occasional series of interviews that will put you in touch with the people who work for the Zoo and Wild Animal Park. Current subscribers to either the Zoo or Wild Animal Park podcast feeds will also get the iZoofari Chats.

An interview with giant panda senior researcher Suzanne Hall as she observes giant panda Bai Yun. (13:28)