Secrets of the Zoo

Everyday is a completely new roller coaster ride at the Columbus Zoo and The Wilds! This week, a beloved flamingo super-daddy fight for his life and a cheetah mom gets a biopsy on a scary growth on her liver. We will also meet a chatty otter and a wickedly smart monkey.

It is a little nuts at the zoo: Wruwallin the Koala has lost her contact lens, Kenny the Rhino has lost his appetite, and Bob the trickster monkey has lost his mojo. What is a zookeeper to do?

Big excitement at the Columbus Zoo as the new Adventure Cove facility officially opens! Visitors delight at a massive 360-degree underwater viewing tunnel where playful sea lions frolic above, below and all around.

The vets at the zoo are in a race to figure out why a new born sea lion pup is failing to gain weight. A celebrity-flying bat named Barb is treated for some mysterious holes in her wings. A zebra named Holly takes a trip to the spa for a much-needed hoof trim.

A naughty red panda mom develops a limp. A large and in-charge female moose comes down with a nasty cough. Moreover, a cherished cheetah is down to four claws.

The Heart of Africa team is barely coping with three pregnant giraffe who are all due at about the same time. Dr. Priya examines the eyes of Connie the Elephant and a pair of camel brothers prepare to leave the Wilds.

The animal care team has to get creative to treat some of the deadliest patients at the zoo.

Meet Spike the friendly skink, a rare species of lizard who baffles the team with her mysterious weightloss; an abscessed tooth becomes a crisis for a beloved sheep named Fiona; and Lulu the Giraffe has a baby!