Saving Animals with Blank Park Zoo

Cassie Riley from Metro Waste Authority joins the program to talk about recycling and to educate us how a modern landfill works to protect the environment.

Jessie and Angela join the program to talk about Monarch Fest and Eagle Day at Blank Park Zoo.

We talk with Dana from our aquarium team and her filed conservation work in North Carolina with sea turtles.

Supervisor Megan Stegmeir talks about working to save cassowaries in Australia.

Jessie and Ryan talk about Blank Park Zoo's conservation efforts and how you can help.

Rich Bergl from the North Carolina Zoo talks to us about their conservation initiatives.

Jessie and Ryan talk to Patrick, a park ranger from the Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge.

Susie Louis from Conservation Fusion talks with Jessie about the Madagascar Dream School 2.0

Jessie and Angela talk about Blank Park Zoo's efforts to save animals in natural areas.

Chris and Erica join the program to talk about volunteering at Blank Park Zoo.

Jessie quizzes Ryan on his knowledge of the Plant.Grow.Fly. project. You can learn how to protect pollinators, too.

Aquarist Alex talks about propagating corals and more at Blank Park Zoo.

In this episode, we talk with Richard Zimmerman from Orangutan Outreach, redapes.org.

On this show, we are talking to three zookeepers about Bowling for Rhinos and Zookeeping

We hear all the details about the rhino calf born at Blank Park Zoo on April 5, 2019.

Mallory Machir talks about her recent field conservation efforts in Costa Rica and conservation efforts with saving the howler monkey.

We talk with Denver Zoo's Erin Stotz. She is the Community Conservation Coordinator in the field conservation department and talks with us about vulture conservation Botswana and her time in the Peace Corps.

Amy Dickman from the Ruaha Carnivore Project joins us to talk about saving lions and painted dogs in Africa.

Zulu from the Painted Dog Research Trust joins us to talk about painted dogs and educating people about conserving painted dogs

Ayana the Rhino is expecting and hear all about the exciting baby news from zookeepers Christina and Kayla.

Jessie interviews Beth Armstrong about the Zoos and Aquariums Committing to Conservation (ZACC) Conference.

We talk with Kristie Burns from Cameras for Conservancy about some of her experiences with photography and the work her organization does for conservation organizations.

Beth Armstrong talks to us about her time as a gorilla keeper at the Columbus Zoo and the inspiration and origins for the ZACC Conference (Zoos and Aquariums Committing to Conservation).

Mallory from Blank Park Zoo's education program joins the program to talk about the education program and here upcoming staff conservation fund field conservation trip.

Jen Riggs from Wander Women on Iowa joins the program to discuss the benefits of spending time in nature.

In this episode, we will highlight the upcoming conservation lecture series, "Hope for the Wild" at Blank Park Zoo and talk with one of the speakers, Russ Benedict about bats in Iowa.

In our second year in review episode, Shannon McKinney, director of animal care, joins the program to talk about the highlights of the year of Blank Park Zoo's animals.

In part one of this show, Mark Vukovich joins the program to talk about what has happened at Blank Park Zoo in 2018.

Aquarium supervisor Dana Lain talks to the show about the conservation of aquatic animals.

Animal keeper Christina O'Donnell joins the program to talk about being a large mammal keeper at Blank Park Zoo.

Nikki Dunbar talks to us about the programs of Polk County Conservation.

Susie Louis joins the program to talk to us about Conservation Fusion in Madagascar.

Kathayoon Khalil talks to us about cultivating empathy to save wildlife.

Amielle DeWan joins the program to talk about changing behavior in conservation to help save species.

We talk with Renee Bumpus from the Houston Zoo and we also talk about the AZA Conference in Seattle.

Two of our aquarists, Alex and Zach join the program to talk about taking care of the zoo's aquariums and how you can help save aquatic wildlife.

Sam Collision joins the program to talk about Blank Park Zoo's inclusion committee and making the zoo friendly and fun to visit for those with sensory needs.

We talk with Katie Lothrop and Kelsey Kovacevich about a new baby in the seal and sea lion pool.

Jessie Lowry and Angela Tague talk about hunting without lead

Learn about Blank Park Zoo's Plant.Grow.Fly.

We follow up are previous talk with Greg Barord and talk his field work with the Nautilus in Tahiti.

Shalini Babu and Lou Keeley join the program to talk about Blank Park Zoos large mammals

Aylson Garberoglio talks about being a small mammals keeper at Blank Park Zoo.

Neil Hamilton, professor of law and director of the Drake Agricultural Law Center joins the program to talk about conservation of land in Iowa.

We are talking art and conservation with Group Creative Services

Gary Huber from the Iowa Food Cooperative talks to us about the benefits of food cooperatives.

Bridie Nixon joins the program to talk about bats in Iowa.

Greg Barord with Save the Nautilus joins the program to tell us what a Nautilus is and how we can help save it.

Karen Johlas-Szalkowski from Warren County Conservation talks with us.

Animal Keeper Jeni Kovac joins the program to talk about her conservation field experience.

Kelly Norris from the Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden joins the programs to talk about plants