An update from Fajir on the official MetaZoo Discord - after a brief delay, the next Apprentice MetaZoologist exam will be sent out tomorrow, Friday, January 20th, and the eligibility window to take that exam will extend from then until Thursday, January 26th.
The paperwork has been sent out to all MetaZoologists that passed the December exams - check your spam folder if you can't see it, and contact Fajir on Discord if you don't get it! If you took the last exam and didn't pass, you can immediately retake this one.
No updates yet on the next Master MetaZoologist exam - the last update from Fajir was that the next one would happen sometime after the holidays.