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Become a WOW Intern

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

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

Life Sciences Internships

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

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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 or older

Intern 15 hours per week - with some weekends

Develop a program and/or complete a project, including standards, outline, report, and supplies

Complete and deliver a presentation on assigned topic to the Education team

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

Please Be Advised

Due to the number of applicants, not all will be contacted. Also, if you cannot meet these requirements, we encourage you to apply to be a volunteer. Click the link below to see more opportunities to get involved.

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