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...

Zoo News

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...

Keeper Stories

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...

Keeper Stories

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,...

Keeper Stories

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...

Keeper Stories

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...

Animal Science

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...

Animal Science

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...

Animal Science

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...

Conservation

January 11, 2017

Golden Lion Tamarin in Brazil

The last several months have been very exciting for the Golden Lion Tamarin Association in Brazil. I was in Brazil...

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