Secrets of the Zoo goes behind the scenes at The Columbus Zoo and Aquarium in Ohio, one of the largest and most popular zoos in the country. In this one-hour series, veterinarian extraordinaire Dr. Priya Bapodra and the zoo staff provide medical care to animals, recover and rehabilitate rescued animals, work to preserve endangered species, and educate the public through its animal ambassador program.
An orphaned baby manatee is rescued from the wild, and the zoo staff manages to retrieve an important urine sample from a beloved manatee mom. It's a big new world for the zoo's newest additions — adorable tiger cubs. A male oryx joins a herd of females, while the zoo staff collects lifesaving blood from a giraffe, and has some fun feeding their hyenas.
The zoo doctors go into hero mode, attempting to replace a missing bone in a cheetah's shoulder and rescuing 16 macaws from a hoarding situation. They also perform pregnancy tests on rare mares, give baby polar bear cubs swimming lessons and treat rambunctious — but loveable — flamingos with leg problems.
Young kangaroo Fergus gets a gut check in the love department while Zuri, an expectant warthog, delivers unexpected results. Baby, a beloved black rat snake, develops a concerning mass, while Mac, the zoo's oldest silverback gorilla, gets a surprise birthday party.
At the zoo, a white rhino ultrasound shows surprising results, and a sick guinea fowl becomes an emergency. From Florida to California, the zoo team hits the coasts, returning two rescued manatees to their native waters, and transporting four wild cats to Los Angeles for an appearance on "The Late, Late Show With James Corden."
Baby fever spreads through the zoo as a cheetah repopulation program goes into full effect, a takin has a hitch in his getalong and Jack Hanna causes chaos through the zoo as he prepares to delight a crowd, while the park's most chill residents get a frozen spaghetti seal treat.
The keepers make their morning breakfast rounds at the Heart of Africa exhibit, a young bull elephant has a play date while his expectant mother gets an ultrasound, a rare okapi gets a checkup, a cougar has a concerning abscess and it's a winter herd roundup at The Wilds.
Dr. Priya calls in a human heart specialist to help with Lady, a Bonobo chimpanzee with a life- threatening heart condition. Barry, a penguin stuck in molt for almost a year, has hopefully seen the last of his bad hair days, and the zoo also welcomes their newest veterinarian, Dr. Katie Seeley. Out at The Wilds, Dr. Jan and her team anxiously await the birth of resident cheetah Wangari's cubs.
The Columbus Zoo and Aquarium makes room for three adorable new cheetah cubs, who capture the hearts of Dr. Priya and Suzi, and the curiosity of the zoo's cheetah companion dogs. Finnick, a Langur monkey and favorite at the zoo, needs emergency treatment for a urinary tract obstruction, and Dr. Priya and her team fight to keep an aging and sick arctic fox alive.
A litter of orphaned wild dogs seeks acceptance from the pack leader while under the watchful eye of the vet team. Meanwhile, an endangered chuckwalla beats the odds, and a 44-year-old orangutan gets a complete physical ahead of the zoo's biggest birthday bash of the year.
An Asian takin calf hangs on for dear life after being rejected by its herd, and a very grumpy tiger arrives at the Columbus Zoo, letting its new keepers know it's in no mood for fun. Additionally, the zoo attempts to make reptile history by incubating rare turtle eggs.
A cheetah fights for its life against a mysterious and debilitating illness, and an elephant is artificially inseminated.
The flamingos need annual exams, which means chaos at The Columbus Zoo. Meanwhile, two adorable orphaned manatees arrive at the zoo in preparation for their return to the wild, and a cute baby deer has a wobbly start at The Wilds.
There's no happier time than B-A-B-Y time at the Columbus Zoo. But a zoo full of needy babies makes for action-packed days for the zoo staff: from a rambunctious baby goat with a gnarly belly-button issue, to a fluffy flamingo chick who's on a daily physical therapy routine, to a doe-eyed newborn gazelle who can't quite get the hang of bottle feeding. Plus, we'll see how Eland mamas hide their young in the Wilds. Prepare to say aaawww!
A flamingo fights for its life, a cheetah gets a biopsy and keeper love abounds.
Patients include a koala, a rhino, reindeer, a bear cat, and a saucy monkey.
Adventure Cove opens with a sea lion brigade.
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The staff at the Columbus Zoo can hardly contain themselves as they prepare to make a home for an orphaned baby gorilla. A longtime resident at the zoo named Annyeung has lost his voice and out at The Wilds, a pregnant giraffe named Lulu keeps the keepers on the edge of their seats as they anxiously await the birth of their newest member.
Everyone at the zoo is waiting for the birth of Zuri's baby, which will be the first giraffe birth at the Columbus Zoo in more than twenty years. But Zuri isn't the only resident in need of the zoo's attention, there are horses that need pedicures and a bunch of penguins who need to get their annual exams, if the keepers can catch them!
Heidi Rose, a sloth bear, shows signs of a limp, but Priya and the team discover her lungs are in even worse condition. Gouda, the loris, is pregnant, so now it's up to her keepers to pick the perfect "cheesy" baby name. At the Wilds, the team races to cool down an African painted dog who overheats during a lengthy procedure.
The staff throws a polar bear "bon voyage" party celebrating their polar bears Neva and Amelia Gray before they head off to the Maryland Zoo. Priya gets to work with her husband on a shark exam. Brie the kangaroo visits the dentist, and an unlikely friendship is formed at the Wilds between Albert the baby takin and Elmur Fudd the baby camel.
A Muntjac deer name Chowlie suffers from mysterious seizures, but the keepers will need to catch him first before they find out why. An adorable tiny Loris named Colby has an abscess dangerously close to the brain and goes in for a CT scan. Jessie the cougar needs to see the dentist, and Febreze the Skunk sees a heart specialist.
Unga, a bonobo that has overcome a stroke, gives the vet team a scare on the way to her annual exam. Two otters named Yin and Yang show off their x-ray training skills. Raymer, an elderly Bactrian deer, appears skinny and frail, prompting a field procedure at the Wilds, and Ginger, a 41-year-old white-naped crane, keeps on defying the odds.
A silverback Gorilla named Oliver gets his annual exam, and baby pronghorns meet their adult roommates for the first time. Keepers try to figure out why Gobi the Bactrian Camel has been mysteriously gaining weight, and a Serval cat named Kenya gets stage fright when she performs in Jungle Jack Hanna's anniversary show.
A mandrill named Tatu has keepers working around the clock in a life-or-death struggle to save its life. Cedric the Anaconda hasn't eaten in three months, but no one knows the reason; a blue-eyed goat named Talula has a date with the dentist but only if her keepers can catch her.
The entire zoo is on baby watch as Phoebe the Elephant goes into labor. It could be three days or 30 days before the big event, but Phoebe's keepers aren't going anywhere until she delivers. A dentist makes a house call to perform a root canal on Aurora the Polar Bear, and a family of flying foxes, better known as bats, gets its annual exam.
An orphaned 600-pound manatee named Agua has been at the Columbus Zoo for years, but now it's time for her to join her cousins in the wild off the coast of Florida. A polar bear named Lee becomes the zoo's newest resident, and an Oryx Antelope named Ruth needs an emergency mani-pedi.
It's springtime in Columbus and time to hit the great outdoors. An ornery ostrich refuses to get its shots, while a pregnant rhino prepares to give birth. Also, a beloved nanny goat fights for its life after a sudden illness.
Staff members at Columbus Zoo and The Wilds are counting down the days until spring. In the meantime, they have their hands full with an adorable koala that's losing weight for some unknown reason, and a routine exam on a beloved lemur takes an unexpected turn.
This week at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium, a duck with a swollen leg and two endangered species are given new leases on life under the gentle care of the zoo vets. Additionally, a beaver's overgrown teeth are brought down to size.
Iconic Australian animal arrivals make quite an impression with their unexpected screeching. Also, a rare mountain goat birth is observed as keepers hike and crawl over fences and bushes to bear witness. Separately, 10 deer fawn babies are born, and while not only cute, their arrival helps to preserve this near-extinct species of deer fawn.
This week, the team teaches baby otters to swim before they make their television debut. Meanwhile, a cougar's future gets brighter with some expert eye care, and zookeepers watch a newborn giraffe to ensure it hits three key growth milestones.
An older monkey shows its true colors during a dental exam. Teamwork is critical as a gigantic bison gets a physical, and a rambunctious young deer's leg injury needs expert attention. Also, the barn at the Wilds provides refuge to mother antelope and newborn calf until the mom's hoof injury heals.
After a series of health mishaps, the zoo's beloved sloth finds its mate. The team also helps an armadillo get its groove back, which then resumes its role as one of the cutest animal ambassadors. Lastly, there's a behind-the-scenes look at how the zookeepers wrangle a herd of rare donkeys into the barn for its annual check-up.
This week at the Columbus Zoo, the team provides special care to one of the staff favorites, an elderly mandrill. Additionally, they meet an adorable red panda that steals their hearts and spend time working with a fast, smart cheetah. Lastly, two of the zoo's own "grumpy" cats receive some high-tech assistance in the baby-making department.
A hidden camera captures a litter of wolf pups coming into the world, and the proud parents give the zoo staff the run around when it's time for their neonatal exams at The Columbus Zoo. After 19 years of service, the zoo's animal ambassador, a beloved palm civet, enters retirement. Lastly, a tortoise baffles the vets with a mysterious illness.
This week at the Columbus Zoo: a miracle of veterinary science with a rare attempt at tiger artificial insemination; the birth of a bevy of cheetah cubs; and a backstage pass to see a huge silverback gorilla up close and personal. If that's not enough, check out the gravity-defying flying baby goats, a lethal king cobra snake and a rhino that paints! Prepare to be amazed.
This week, we join the team of dedicated zookeepers at the Columbus Zoo, and celebrate the bonds they form with their animal buddies. We see a rare baby Rhino and her mom reach shelter before winter blows in; we witness a joyful polar bear's surprising birthing technique up- close-and-personal, and a rare bird named Marla gives us a valuable lesson about how animals and people need to cooperate in order to coexist.
Two adorable baby white rhinos join the herd at The Wilds; a pair of cuddly red pandas have a blind date in a tree; three very grumpy lynx sisters hiss at their keepers but ace their exams; and a super-cute tortoise baffles its doctors. It's all part of the miraculous work that goes on every day at the Columbus Zoo.
Sapo the Komodo is a pretty nice dragon; he just doesn't like to be poked with a needle. Meanwhile, the zoo's whole colony of feisty, deafening penguins get its annual exams. Plus, an adorable adolescent camel is reunited with its parents for some "how-to-be-a-camel" training, and the staff holds its collective breath as an extremely rare pangolin pregnancy unfolds at the Columbus Zoo.
A scrawny sea lion pup and a zebra spa day.
A moose with a cough; a cheetah with nine lives.
This week at the zoo: it's raining baby giraffes, Dr. Priya gives Connie the Elephant an eye exam, and two camel brothers embark on a new life.
A python with killer back pain; a bear with a gnarly cough.
An abscessed tooth turns nasty for an aging sheep.