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Our internship opportunities connect conservation with professional learning opportunities.

Wonders of Wildlife offers internship opportunities for college students interested in conservation. Through our internship programs, you'll work closely with our professional staff to learn new skills, get real-world experience and help advance our conservation mission.

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Ready to learn and grow at Wonders of Wildlife? Apply for one of our internships today.

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Current Internship Opportunities

Life Sciences Internships

Internship Dates

Spring Session: January-April; Deadline to apply is end of November; Interviews 1st week in December

Summer Session: May-August; Deadline to apply is end of March; Interviews 1st week in April

Fall Session: August-December; Deadline to apply is end of June; Interviews 1st week in July

Aquatics Internship

Keeper Internship

Commissary Internship

Commissary interns will work on the commissary team. These interns will learn about the diet prep side of an aquarium. They will assist with diet prep, keep inventory records, clean, stock and rotate food items, assisting in animal feeds, and much more. Interns will also be able to learn nutrition needs for all animals, bookkeeping, protocols and standards and other tasks within the commissary team.

Life Support Systems

Life Support System Internship

The Life Support Systems Internship program is designed to educate the participants with an in-depth training of all aspects of the mechanical, chemical, and biological filtration of large scale public aquaria. Interns will be required to maintain all mechanical filtration in assigned areas on a day-to-day basis as well as participate in an in-house training program. Training will include all facets of maintaining aquatic filtration including pumps, sand filters, drum filters, heat exchangers, ultra-violet sterilization, and ozone. Completion of this program will require a solo build of a custom aquarium system as well as a presentation on an assigned topic.

Administrative Internships

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Education Internships

Wonders of Wildlife School Intern

Conservation Education Intern

The Conservation Education Intern assists with the implementation and facilitation of learning experiences for the Johnny Morris Foundation, which includes Wonders of Wildlife and other conservation attraction properties. This includes assisting in the development of educational programs including camps, overnight groups, birthday parties, outreach, classroom, outdoor skills, guest engagement, and community programs.

Marketing Internships

Graphic Design Intern

The Graphic Design Intern is responsible for providing support for the marketing department through a variety of channels, print, digital, web, video and others as assigned. They will report to the Marketing Director and will assist with the development and design of core Wonders of Wildlife graphics, logos, collateral event materials and a variety of other creative. They will also be assigned various website updates utilizing WordPress.

Internship Requirements

Life Sciences & Life Support Systems Requirements

- Age 18 or older
- Intern 20 hours per week - with at least one 8-hour day
- Intern between hours of 6:00am and 3:00pm
- Willingness to follow all policies and procedures of Volunteer/Intern Program and WOW
- If completing for college/university credit, please indicate this on your application

Education Requirements

- Age 18 and older
- Intern 10-15 hours per week including some nights and weekends
- Internship needs to be a minimum of 10 consecutive weeks
- Winter Internship - January through March
- Summer Internship - June through August
- Fall Internship - September through November
- Willingness to follow all policies and procedures of the Volunteer/Intern Program and Wonders of Wildlife
- If completing for university/college credit, please indicate this on your application

Please Be Advised

Due to the number of applicants, you may want to pick a secondary option when applying. If you cannot meet the schedule requirement, we encourage you to apply to be a volunteer and re-apply for the internship when your schedule allows it. Click the link below to see the many other volunteer opportunities.

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