Yasmeen Ghavamian

The time has finally come! We have the BIG news you have all been waiting for! After spending the last few months crunching all the numbers using statistical software, I am excited to announce the ...

The time has finally come... we have reached the end of our experiment with this final enrichment challenge for the Malayan sun bears at Oakland Zoo. Last week we provided the bears with Level 3 of...

In this new video update we have special footage of Ting Ting, the oldest of the three female sun bears, investigating Level 2 of the PVC cross-shaped feeder. At 29 years old, it's amazing to see h...

In this new video update, you can see how Malayan sun bear Bulan manipulates Level 2 of the PVC cross-shaped feeder. Bulan appears to be very enthusiastic, and even takes a try at throwing the enri...

Oakland Zoo's sun bears were very active this week engaging with Level 2 of the PVC cross-shaped feeder device! In Level 2, there is an additional skinny PVC pipe. This means there are now three PV...

The sun bears at Oakland Zoo sure loved their honey-logs! But don't forget - bears are quick-learners! In order to keep these intelligent species active and engaged, we have to provide more variety...

Happy Sun(Bear)day!! If pictures weren't enough, we now have an exclusive video of one of the sun bears at Oakland Zoo with Level 3 of the honey-log enrichment device!This video was taken by Steven...

Remember our very first lab note on "What is Complex Enrichment"? That was such a long time ago! Now that we are 6 weeks into the project, it's worth a reminder as to why this enrichment project is...