Rossifari Zoo News 8.29.25 - The Travis and Taylor are Engaged Edition!

Dateline: August 29, 2025. Rossifari Zoo News is back with a round up of the latest news in the world of zoos, aquariums, conservation, and animal weirdness!   We start off discussing the recent collaboration I did with the Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute, and how it led to the facility and the podcast getting mentioned in the Washington Post. Then we discuss Dani Larson's takeover on Instagram that occurred this week. We then move on to our births for the week, featuring new panda cubs at Zoo Knoxville, a new elephant at Sedgwick County Zoo, impalas born at Brevard Zoo, cheetahs at Metro Richmond Zoo, and more! We then say goodbye to animals at Topeka Zoo, Newquay Zoo, Kansas City Zoo, and Potter Park Zoo.We have additional Zoo News stories from Reid Park Zoo, Clearwater Marine Aquarium, Chessington World of Adventure, and the Virginia Zoo (by way of NEI). Conservation News stories include a dhole photo contest, a new population of rhinos discovered in a unique way, the discovery of the cause of sea star wasting disease, and more! And in Other News, we talk about an orange shark and one of our listeners going to prison (for a good reason, for once). ROSSIFARI LINKS: patreon.com/rossifari to support the pod rossifari.com @rossifari on socials @rossifaripod on TikTok