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January 30, 2017

Panda Update – Mon. January 30

Our after-hours night shift in the panda nursery has officially come to an end. This is a great milestone for...
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January 26, 2017

Keeper Stories – Thursday, January 26

Just the other day, I was stopped by a guest at the Zoo who asked me where our black mamba...
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January 25, 2017

Zoo Atlanta Board of Directors

Zoo Atlanta Board or Directors welcomes five new Atlanta leaders The new members’ terms will see the completion of a...
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January 24, 2017

Keeper Stories – Tuesday, January 24

A keeper’s job is never done. There is always a chore to complete or a project to work on. Our...
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January 19, 2017

Keeper Stories – Thursday, January 19

It’s about time again for a giraffe training update! I believe when we last checked in, all but our oldest,...
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January 17, 2017

Keeper Stories – Tuesday, January 17

Did you survive the snow-pocalypse 2.0? It wasn’t as bad as the first go round, but we still had enough...
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January 12, 2017

Keeper Stories – Thursday, January 12

Love is in the air! Yep, even in the winter. Male opossums go through physiological changes during the winter months...
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January 11, 2017

Zebras and tigers oh my!

How did the zebra get its stripes?  How did the tiger get its stripes? These are age-old questions in natural...
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January 11, 2017

Rodent Bones

CSI at the Zoo! What happened to these animal bones, thousands of years ago? A research team at Emory University...
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January 11, 2017

Mesoamerican Toads

Hot off the presses! How does one correct a scientific error that was made more than 150 years ago? That’s...
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