Zoboomafoo's real name was Jovian. He was a Coquerel's Sifaka who was born at the Duke Primate Center in 1994. He died November 10, 2014.
A portion of the Animal Junction set was built inside a lemur cage at the Duke Primate Center. Interaction between the Kratt Brothers and Jovian, the lemur who played Zoboomafoo were filmed over 2 months.
Zabomafoo had an Ontario, Canada accent.
After the last episode aired on November 21, 2001, PBS kept airing reruns of the show nationally until February 1, 2009 (though select local PBS stations continued airing reruns until December 23, 2017).
The show aired reruns on Sprout from September 26, 2005 to February 13, 2012.