Best San Diego Zoo Podcasts (2024)

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Vultures: Guardians of Our Shared Ecosystems 36:53

4h ago36:53

36:53

International Vulture Awareness Day was earlier this month, so hosts Rick and Marco are speaking to Kim Caldwell, wildlife care supervisor at San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance, about this incredible bird of prey. Learn more about the San Diego Zoo Safari Park’s partnership with vulture rehabilitation organization Vulpro and how they are working to pr…

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Toad found in bagged salad, aardvark born at San Diego Zoo 2:50

2d ago2:50

2:50

A toad is found in a bagged salad bought from a grocery store in England and the San Diego Zoo announces its first aardvark birth on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News.

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Odds and Ends: Blue lobster, crawlspace bear 4:07

2h ago4:07

4:07

The UPI Odd News Minute presents Weekend Odds and Ends, our weekly round-up of the missed odd-portunities that didn't quite make it into this week's podcasts. This week's stories include a blue lobster, a bear living in a home's crawlspace, a deer saved from a tight spot and David Rush's latest record-breaking feat. For these stories and more, visi…

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Sydney Harbor turns green, world's tallest hat 3:09

2h ago3:09

3:09

Firefighters solve the mystery of why a portion of Australia's Sydney Harbor (Harbour, if you're fancy) turned green, a Pennsylvania man creates the world's tallest hat and five horses escape from a Missouri Renaissance Festival on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News.…

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200-year-old message in a bottle, world's largest cheesecake 3:00

2h ago3:00

3:00

An archaeology team in France finds a message in a bottle left by an archaeologist 200 years earlier, a Cream Cheese Festival in New York features the unveiling of the world's largest cheesecake and the last of eight escaped rodeo bulls in lassoed in Massachusetts on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News.…

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Bulls escape Mass. rodeo, bugs shut down Michigan library 2:45

7h ago2:45

2:45

Eight bulls escape from a rodeo event at a Massachusetts mall, a DVD case filled with bugs shuts down a suburban Detroit library and a British zoo's missing capybara is returned home safely on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News.

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Odds and Ends: 121-hour softball game, squirrels on a train 3:47

1h ago3:47

3:47

The UPI Odd News Minute presents Weekend Odds and Ends, our weekly round-up of the missed odd-portunities that didn't quite make it into this week's podcasts. This week's stories include an underway world record attempt for the world's longest softball game, the world's first porcupine C-section, a pair of train-invading squirrels and New Zealand's…

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Toy Hall of Fame finalists, capybara update 2:58

5h ago2:58

2:58

The National Toy Hall of Fame announces its finalists for 2024 induction, a cat who went missing in Yellowstone National Park turns up 800 miles away and a British zoo gives an update on its escaped capybara on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News.

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Man pays wrong power bill for 18 years, stowaway marmot 2:49

4h ago2:49

2:49

A California man discovers he has been mistakenly paying his neighbor's power bill for 18 years, a woman finds a stowaway marmot under the hood of her car and a Connecticut man finds a bear lurking in a garage on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News.

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Ohio alligator sighting, capybara on the loose 3:00

2h ago3:00

3:00

Officials in Beavercreek, Ohio, say they do not believe there is an alligator on the loose after a reported sighting, "Dora The Explorer" breaks a Guinness World Record at a Los Angeles parade and a capybara escapes from a Telford, England, zoo on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News.…

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Odds and Ends: Ig Nobel Prizes, fridge-raiding bear 5:43

2h ago5:43

5:43

The UPI Odd News Minute presents Weekend Odds and Ends, our weekly round-up of the missed odd-portunities that didn't quite make it into this week's podcasts. This week's stories include the winners of this year's Ig Nobel Prizes, a bear that broke into a California cabin to raid the fridge, the world's largest plum and a literal traffic jam.…

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The Safari Park at Dark: Overnight Wildlife Care 28:37

15d ago28:37

28:37

When most of us are asleep, there is a dedicated team at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park taking care of the wildlife. In this episode, hosts Rick and Marco speak with Oliver Zirbel, supervisor of the Overnight Wildlife Care Team. What does a shift look like for someone who works overnight at the Safari Park? Tune in to find out more about this emergi…

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Kansas City mystery goats, Guinness World Records 2025 3:12

13h ago3:12

3:12

A herd of mystery goats are wrangled after more than a month on the loose in Kansas City, Mo., and Guinness World Records announces multiple new titles for the release of its "Guinness World Records 2025" book on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News.

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Indiana monkey rescue, escaped penguin's great adventure 2:59

1d ago2:59

2:59

Firefighters rescue a pet monkey from the top of an Indiana building, an escaped penguin in Japan is found two weeks later after a journey of more than 18 miles and a lifeboat crew in England responds to a report of a person in the water and finds another crew's lost training dummy on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit U…

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Escaped tiger captured, unusual lost and found 3:06

3d ago3:06

3:06

A tiger that escaped from a Mexican zoo near the Texas border is captured after nearly a week on the loose, Hotels.com reveals some of the most unusual lost and found items at its parner hotels and an Arizona man sinks a record-breaking basketball trick shot on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News.…

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Message in a bottle birthday wish, firefighters swarmed by bees 3:00

4d ago3:00

3:00

A Georgia visitor's birthday wish comes true when she finds a message in a bottle, California firefighters battling a vegetation fire get swarmed by bees and a Nisaan is dropped from a crane to set a world record for the highest car bungee jump on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News.…

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Odds and Ends: Impromptu rodeo, string cheese ball 3:41

7d ago3:41

3:41

The UPI Odd News Minute presents Weekend Odds and Ends, our weekly round-up of the missed odd-portunities that didn't quite make it into this week's podcasts. This week's stories include a loose bull wrangled by a team of Illinois ranchers, the world's largest ball of string cheese, a pair of Wisconsin mystery chickens and a kitten that took a 15-m…

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Lost cat's 2,000-mile journey, ping-pong spitting world record 2:55

8d ago2:55

2:55

A Texas woman's missing cat turns up in Massachsuetts after nearly 3 years, David Rush spits a ping pong ball at a wall to break his own world record and a cow leads police on a 2-1/2-hour hoof chase on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News.

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Rattlesnake in the house, world's smallest vacuum cleaner 2:57

9d ago2:57

2:57

A rattlesnake is captured after wandering into a California family's house, a dog named Buckethead is rescued after wandering for more than a week with a plastic container stuck over his head and a college student in India builds the world's smallest vacuum cleaner on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News.…

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Pig in the city, bowlers strike a new world record 3:10

10d ago3:10

3:10

A pig on the loose in a Texas city is captured after two days, a quartet of Kentucky bowlers set the Guinness World Record for the most strikes in 24 hours and a bear sneaks up behind a Colorado boy eating popcorn on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News.

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Odds and Ends: Boston steer captured, orangutan escape 4:54

14d ago4:54

4:54

The UPI Odd News Minute presents Weekend Odds and Ends, our weekly round-up of the missed odd-portunities that didn't quite make it into this week's podcasts. This week's stories include a steer captured after two months on the loose in Boston, a Toronto Zoo orangutan escaping from his new outdoor enclosure, a rare orange lobster being returned to …

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Capturing Your Attention with Alluring Carnivorous Plants 36:22

29d ago36:22

36:22

We recently talked about carnivorous cats and birds, but plants can be carnivorous, too! In this episode, hosts Rick and Marco find out more about insect-gobbling plants from San Diego Zoo lead horticulturalist, Adam Painter. What makes plants like the Venus fly trap so appealing to their prey? Tune in to learn more about the San Diego Zoo’s collec…

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French museum invites visitors to disrobe, 'bee-mergency' on California highway 2:55

15d ago2:55

2:55

A French museum offers special clothing-optional tours of its exhibit on naturism, a red pepper spill on a California highway turns into a "bee-mergency" and an escaped ostrich wanders into a South Dakota road on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News.

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OMN Classic: The unreleased pilot episode 3:16

16d ago3:16

3:16

Ben Hooper has the day off, but we have a special treat for you! Here, released for the first time ever, is the UPI Odd News Minute's unreleased pilot episode from March 9, 2023! We'll be back with a brand new episode on Thursday. For these stories (although you'll have to look back a ways in the archive) and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News.…

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Team's bat dog goes No. 2 during debut, bald eagle 'too fat to fly' 3:00

17d ago3:00

3:00

A Florida minor league team's new bat dog poops near the pitcher's mound during her debut game, a suppostedly injured bald eagle rescued from a Missouri national park is found to be "too fat to fly" and a book is finally returned to a Virginia library after 50 years on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News.…

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Oldest living man turns 112, car wash kitten 2:51

18d ago2:51

2:51

The world's oldest living man celebrates his 112th birthday, a kitten is rescued from an Ohio car wash and a bear takes a dip in a California home's hot tub on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News.

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Odds and Ends: 'Bear coming,' Boba Fett, Hambone Awards 4:33

21d ago4:33

4:33

The UPI Odd News Minute presents Weekend Odds and Ends, our weekly round-up of the missed odd-portunities that didn't quite make it into this week's podcasts. This week's stories include a bear that suddenly appeared outside a Connecticut family's home, a rare "Star Wars" Boba Fett action figure selling for a record sum, this year's Hambone Awards …

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'Sign war' engulfs N.C. city, escaped bison return with a baby 2:58

22d ago2:58

2:58

A war of words on the signs outside of two businesses in North Carolina's Morehead City spreads to dozens of local businesses and the three bison that escaped from a Connecticut farm return with a newborn baby on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News.

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Road covered in beer, baboon tours the suburbs 2:54

23d ago2:54

2:54

A Mississippi road is covered in spilled beer, a baboon tours the suburbs of Cape Town, a horse gets stuck on a fence and a lost goat is found after two days on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News.

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'Human skull' on California beach, postcard's 212-year journey 2:52

24d ago2:52

2:52

A "human skull" found on a California beach turns out to be neither human nor skull, a trio of buffalo escape from a Connecticut ranch and a postcard arrives at its intended address 121 years late on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News.

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Breaking records by breaking records, 'Kentucky Meat Shower' exhibit 3:00

25d ago3:00

3:00

David Rush becomes the world's top record-breaker by literally breaking records, a kangaroo ties up morning traffic in West Virginia and a Kentucky museum explores the history of the mysterious "Kentucky Meat Shower" on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News.

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Odds and Ends: Black ring over Virginia, Lake Erie gator 4:12

28d ago4:12

4:12

The UPI Odd News Minute presents Weekend Odds and Ends, our weekly round-up of the missed odd-portunities that didn't quite make it into this week's podcasts. This week's stories include a mysterious black ring in the sky over Virginia, a 110-pound fatberg blocking a sewer, a bear wandering into a California classroom, an alligator spotted swimming…

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World Lion Day 17:12

1M ago17:12

17:12

World Lion Day was August 10, so we're sharing some of our favorite lion facts! In this episode, hosts Rick and Marco go back and forth with some fascinating details about this big, carnivorous cat. Why are lions called the “kings of the jungle”? Are they the only big cats that live in prides? Tune in to find out more about lions and current conser…

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Indiana emu, world's widest tongue 2:52

29d ago2:52

2:52

Deputies round up an emu on the loose for several days in Indiana, a crash spills hundreds of boxes of raisins onto a California highway and a Texas woman's tongue is named the widest in the world on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News.

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444 video game consoles on one TV, lost cat's 600-mile journey 2:59

30d ago2:59

2:59

A man breaks a world record by hooking 444 video game consoles to a single TV, a cat missing for a year turns up more than 600 miles from home and a hidden camera in the Oregon Zoo's lion enclosure turns out to be not-so-well hidden on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News.…

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Leaky hydrant becomes 'goldfish pond,' shark pursues kayakers 3:00

1M ago3:00

3:00

A leaky fire hydrant in Brooklyn becomes the "Bed-Stuy Goldfish Pond," a pair of California kayakers are pursued by a great white shark and a Florida woman cleaning up Hurricane Debby debris finds a message in a bottle from 1945 on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News.…

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Escaped tortoise's highway adventure, taco world record 2:58

1M ago2:58

2:58

An escaped tortoise attempts to cross an Arizona highway 3 miles from home, the Mexican state of Tlaxcala breaks a world record by serving up 186 different varities of basket tacos and a Virginia power outage is blamed on a snake on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News.…

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Odds and Ends: 'World of Warcraft' world record, golf course wallaby 4:38

1M ago4:38

4:38

The UPI Odd News Minute presents Weekend Odds and Ends, our weekly round-up of the missed odd-portunities that didn't quite make it into this week's podcasts. This week's stories include a record-breaking "World of Warcraft" gaming session, a wallaby's visit to a golf course in England, orange lobster babies, a deer in a hole and David Rush breakin…

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'Don't be pooping in the beach,' groundhog in a claw machine 2:48

1M ago2:48

2:48

Ontario's premier asks residents not to poop on Wasaga Beach, a Pennsylvania game warden removes a groundhog from a claw machine and a water buffalo herd wanders a Nashville neighborhood on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News.

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Seagull steals wallet, dog starts house fire 2:54

2M ago2:54

2:54

A seagull steals a Massachusetts man's wallet outside a Nantucket grocery store, an Oklahoma dog starts a fire inside a Tulsa home by chewing on a lithium ion battery and a TikTok-famous Florida parrot breaks a world record on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News.…

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Jar full of cat, Deadpool drone show 2:32

2M ago2:32

2:32

A cat with a jar stuck over its head is rescued in Texas, a drone show themed after the film "Deadpool & Wolverine" breaks a Guinness World Record twice and three lambs are rescued from an underground tunnel on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News.

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39-year-old Disneyland ticket, world's longest shoelace 3:02

2M ago3:02

3:02

A ticket for free admission to Disneyland that was issued in 1985 is honored at the park 39 years later, a Missouri museum weaves the world's longest shoelace and an escaped pet tortoise is found on the other side of a busy highway on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News.…

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Odds and Ends: Headless mystery, art gallery snake 5:11

1M ago5:11

5:11

The UPI Odd News Minute presents Weekend Odds and Ends, our weekly round-up of the missed odd-portunities that didn't quite make it into this week's podcasts. This week's stories include a headless corpse discovery that wasn't a body at all, the world's largest eggplant, a bodybuilding chef's chopping records, a biblical plague of dragonflies and a…

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Bamboo: More than Just Food for Giant Pandas 24:01

2M ago24:01

24:01

With two new giant pandas at the San Diego Zoo, there is a need for a lot of bamboo! The Horticulture team plays a big role in keeping much of the wildlife at the Zoo well-fed, and that includes the giant pandas. In this episode, hosts Rick and Marco speak with Adam Graves, director of horticulture for San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance. How does this…

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Great goat getaway, airline's noodle woes 2:42

1M ago2:42

2:42

A herd of 15 goats scatter through a Massachusetts town and Korean Air halts service of instant noodles due to turbulence-related burn risks on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News.

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Magician's world record tricks, bear breaks into SUV 3:00

2M ago3:00

3:00

A magician from Malaysia breaks a Guinness World Record, a bear opens the doors of an SUV in the parking lot of a Tennessee hotel and a fireball in the night sky over San Diego remains a mystery on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News.

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Shoplifting seagull, skateboarding handstand 3:00

2M ago3:00

3:00

A seagull is caught on camera stealing chips from a convenience store, a skateboarder born without legs breaks a Guinness World Record and a British woman tries to find a new home for her collection of 163 bedpans on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News.

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Fish cakes ruin soccer game, 'depressed' bear 2:57

2M ago2:57

2:57

A professional soccer game is suspended in Norway when fans cover the field in fish cakes, Florida authorities warn residents not to snap selfies with a "depressed" bear and a wandering dog is rescued from a storm drain in England on today's UPI Odd News Minute. For these stories and more, visit UPI.com/Odd_News.…

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Odds and Ends: Indiana monkey trouble, 'Star Trek' props 4:11

2M ago4:11

4:11

The UPI Odd News Minute presents Weekend Odds and Ends, our weekly round-up of the missed odd-portunities that didn't quite make it into this week's podcasts. This week's stories include a monkey rescued from a tree at an Indiana campground, a pair of long-lost "Star Trek" props being found after more than 50 years, a mannequin head being used as a…

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Conservation Partnerships: An Alliance for All 25:46

2M ago25:46

25:46

While we have many conservation programs inside the San Diego Zoo and San Diego Zoo Safari Park, our efforts span the world. This week, hosts Rick and Marco speak with Greg Vicino, vice president of wildlife care at San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance, about building relationships and working with local communities to strengthen conservation efforts. T…

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