February 13, 2018

Tool use in gorillas

Hello, everyone! I’m Courtney, a gorilla caregiver, here to tell you about some of the tool-use skills our gorillas have...

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February 8, 2018

Monitoring scat for animal health

If you follow the Zoo on our social networks, you might remember a certain #TakeoverTuesday that had an unusual focus...

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February 1, 2018

Exciting things to come in Herpetology

As many of you are aware, we have been hard at work here in the Herpetology Department. If you have...

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January 30, 2018

Why are Angolan colobus infants white?

On October 20, we had a new addition to our Angolan colobus group when Adanna gave birth to her second...

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January 23, 2018

Spotlight on Suhana

If you ask an animal care professional who their favorite animal is, most of the time they will hem and...

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January 16, 2018

Cold-weather skills of feathered friends

As many of you already know, it has been especially cold here in Georgia, with temperatures dropping below freezing more...

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January 11, 2018

What’s it take to work at a zoo?

I get stopped by many guests regularly because I have the coolest job on the planet. They want to know...

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January 9, 2018

The many faces of our primate area

Hello! Brittney, Seasonal Keeper from Primates here. Last time you heard from me I was talking about the difference between...

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January 4, 2018

Cozy up to our naked mole rat colony

Happy New Year to all and welcome back from the holidays. If you’ve been around the Zoo recently, you have...

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January 2, 2018

Working together in the Raptor TAG

One of the aspects of the Zoo that some people may not know about is how much zoos communicate with...

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