Panda Updates – Monday, September 13

As mornings have become cooler, the Panda Team has once again been able to set up the outdoor habitats for...

Zoo News

September 10, 2021

Update on Zoo Atlanta gorilla population

Zoo Atlanta has received presumptive positive test results indicating that members of its western lowland gorilla troops are positive for...

Learn

September 9, 2021

Why zoos matter: Educate and take action!

Why DO zoos matter? Why is it important, not only for humans, but also for the animals, to continue to...

Pandas

September 8, 2021

Panda Updates – Wednesday, September 8

The final panda birthday for the season is coming up this week! Yang Yang, the Zoo’s adult male giant panda,...

Keeper Stories

September 3, 2021

Rearing diamondback terrapins

Hi everyone! It’s Kelly here again! Boy, have I got some exciting news for y’all! Next time you walk through...

Zoo News

September 3, 2021

Happy 5th birthday, Ya Lun and Xi Lun!

Giant panda twins Ya Lun and Xi Lun turned 5 on September 3, 2021. The Panda Care Team celebrated early...

Conservation

September 1, 2021

Trading turtles and tortoises

“Suitcase Filled with 185 Live Baby Tortoises Wrapped in Plastic Discovered at Galápagos Airport” – March 2021 “DNA Test Stops...

Keeper Stories

August 31, 2021

Happy hatch month, Zazu!

Early this month, one of our birds with a big personality celebrated her 26th hatch day … Zazu the southern ground...

Pandas

August 30, 2021

Panda Updates – Monday, August 30

Red pandas are cold-climate animals that live up in the trees in the Himalayas and Southern China. Here at Zoo Atlanta,...

Pandas

August 27, 2021

Panda Updates – Friday, August 27

Sometimes, enrichment doesn’t always go according to plan. We often have fun thinking of new creative ways to provide enrichment...

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