That Tracks, A Lincoln Park Zoo Podcast

That Tracks: The Science of Animal Happiness

April 28, 2026·24 min
Episode Description from the Publisher

How do you know if an animal you see at the zoo is thriving? Welfare scientist Jason explains. 0:00 Introduction 0:27 What is animal welfare? 0:49 How Lincoln Park Zoo monitors animal behavior 2:55 Why feeding behaviors are central to welfare science 3:32 Introducing the Zoo Monitor app 4:25 Zoo Monitor's global growth 5:20 The large-scale giraffe study 7:38 Balancing population data with individual welfare 9:30 Measuring welfare in understudied species 11:57 Monitoring nocturnal animals over...

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