This week's blog post is late... and short. It's currently late Tuesday night and I am trying (desperately) to catch up on messages, comments and emails. Ev...

Can stepping outside help make you feel better?

Soooo, How Ya Been? It’s SUMMER already! Time to blow the dust off this old blog, say hello and get back to some weekly writing on this blog! Here it is the ...

As you may or may not know, this time of year is when school gets started. And you also may or may not know, that this year marks my 3rd year of being a par...

Happy World Elephant Day 2018! Like most of the World/International/National (place animal species here) Days, today is a day for the world to focus on the c...

Yes, fine. I will fully admit it. I am the type of person who will continue to take on new things until I overflow with too much to do and not enough time to...

"There are many ways to get there from here. But the path you take is yours. It is unique to you and what you make of it along the way." The Tiger. Like ma...

In honor of National Zoo Keeper Week, July 15-21, 2018, I wanted to share something I wrote several years ago in a social media post, so here it is. Actually...

I have spent many years speaking and presenting about the plight of elephants and rhinos due to poaching and habitat degradation. And the whole time I was do...

So I didn't hit my goal of posting each week. Last week flew by due to working 6 days and laboring late into each night trying to get a handle on editing vi...

Disruption. noun - disturbance or problems that interrupt an event, activity, or process. I was planning on doing a post this week about giraffes. Mostly bec...

If you had asked me what my favorite species was when I was in elementary school, I would have said the cheetah. In the second grade, I did my formal school ...

So maybe weekly vlogs are going to happen... On Wednesday I had another "Typical Day" for me, where things are not typical. I was fortunate enough to spend ...

This is just a quick post, but one that falls under the usual weekly postings that I have planned. In an effort to continue expanding into the nooks and corn...

I clearly remember when I first learned about Twitter in late 2006, it was twttr at the time. In it's early years, before apps, you could connect it to your ...

There you are, minding your own business, getting your kid ready for bed. Or maybe you're the awesome aunt taking the niece or nephew out to dinner so your ...

There are several ways to get into the animal care field. In fact, most keepers I know all seem to have their own unique story on how they got to where they...

I am often asked, what is a typical day like for a Zookeeper? Of course, I can only answer based on my own experiences. I think its fair to say, each of us...

This is a question I have received a few times lately and thought I would post the answer here for later reference, if it should come up again. The short answ...

Why a blog? Why now? Why not? I have been using social media professionally for a while now with the goal of educating people about wildlife and inspiring t...