
Josh Hestermann
Josh Hestermann is a dad of two, co-creator of ZooloKids, co-author of seven animal-science books for kids, and a zoologist who has worked with hundreds of species, from sea otters to gila monsters and everything in between. Currently a senior keeper at OC Zoo, Josh has also worked as a husbandry manager at the California Science Center, a senior mammalogist at the Aquarium of the Pacific, a senior keeper in Seven Seas at Brookfield Zoo, and a keeper at Phoenix Zoo.
He has participated in many wildlife research and conservation programs, including studying California sea lions in Mexico and bottlenose dolphins as part of the Chicago Zoological Society's Sarasota Dolphin Research Program.