Animal Care Internships

Our internships in animal care offer a unique opportunity to learn the ins and outs of caring for animals in a zoo/aquarium setting including dietary preparation, exhibit and life support maintenance, record keeping, and the fundamentals of observation, training, and enrichment.

Some of our positions are more broadly focused on a variety of species while others are more specialized.

	Spring	Summer	Fall	Winter
New York Aquarium- Fish & Invertebrates	✔	✔	✔
New York Aquarium- Behavioral Husbandry Aquatheater	✔	✔	✔	✔
New York Aquarium- Sea Cliffs (harbor seals, penguins, otters)	✔	✔	✔
New York Aquarium- Sharks	✔	✔	✔	✔
Central Park Zoo- Animal Care	✔	✔
Central Park Zoo/Prospect Park Zoo/Queens Zoo Animal Behavior Research	✔	✔	✔
Bronx Zoo- Aviculture (birds)		✔	✔
Bronx Zoo- Behavioral Husbandry		✔
Prospect Park Zoo- Animal Care		✔
Prospect Park Zoo- Animal Enrichment		✔

Below are approximations for each season including estimations of when applications typically open:

Spring season: March-late May (applications typically open in January)
Summer season: late May-August (applications typically open in February)
Fall season: September-December (applications typically open in July)
Winter season: January- March (applications typically open in November)

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