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This post is the first in a series about local conservations organizations. Interview with a Local Animal Rescue Kelli Rockafellow, a former animal keeper at CuriOdyssey, owns and operates an animal sanctuary for animals that have no other home. Kelli along with her husband, Mike, provide their animals with a stable and loving environment, excellent…
Read MoreEvery year, more than 120 volunteers spend time on a regular basis at CuriOdyssey educating visitors, assisting campers, facilitating exhibits and activities, caring for our animals, and helping behind the scenes. In honor of National Volunteer Week (April 12-18, 2015), we’re highlighting two of our volunteers who spend time every month helping visitors explore our…
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At CuriOdyssey, we’re committed to not only providing our animals with the best possible care, but also ensuring that our impact goes beyond our walls through a variety of conservation efforts. CuriOdyssey’s Ringtail, “Amala” Our latest conservation effort is focused on ringtail field research. And if the animal name “ringtail” sounds familiar to you, it’s…
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This spring, we’re featuring photographs by Kevin Shoban on our North Gallery walls. Kevin is not only a gifted photographer, but he’s also no stranger to CuriOdyssey where he serves as an Animal Keeper Intern, tending to our many non-releasable animals. Kevin’s exhibition is California-focused and features stunning landscapes of places like Cascade Falls and…
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CuriOdyssey’s 60th Anniversary year has come to a close, and we’d like to take a moment to express to our supporters our gratitude for a successful 12 months. The year 2014 was an exceptional one that gave us much to celebrate – including the highest attendance in the organization’s recent history. We also received numerous…
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This post is a guest blog by Curiodyssey’s 2014 Keeper Apprentice, Angela Krall Three years ago, I was finishing up my Bachelor’s Degree at a small school in Wisconsin, expecting to be accepted into veterinary school and move into the next stage in my life. Then I was hit with the hard truth: veterinary school…
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One of the most popular children’s nursery rhymes is the tale of Humpty Dumpty. Most of us even know the rhyme by heart that begins, “Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall, Humpty Dumpty had a great fall…” And we all know what happens to the protagonist in the end – he breaks and can’t be…
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Sometimes the most well-intentioned acts can do more harm than good for a wild animal. That was the case with CuriOdyssey’s great blue heron (Ardea herodias), “John.” John was found in the wild with a broken wing and the people who found her tried to mend the wing on their own. Because they lacked the…
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We’re so sad to announce the passing of our nineteen year-old coyote, Sierra. Sierra was born in 1995 and came to us in 1997. She was rescued from a private citizen that kept her as an illegal pet. Although she was young, she was too habituated to humans to be released back into the wild.…
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As a science and wildlife center for children, CuriOdyssey provides up close and personal experiences with the natural world for thousands of children in the Bay Area each year. CuriOdyssey’s amazing educators, designers, and animal keepers do this by delivering exhibits, classes, and workshops that utilize authentic scientific phenomena and live animals. The bottom line is — we love…
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San Mateo, CA 94401
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CuriOdyssey is a 501(c)(3) non-profit, Tax ID 94-1262434
