June 25, 2020

What is natural habitat?

Habitat conversion is, inarguably, the most devastating impact that humans have upon the natural world. Directly witnessing the effects of...

Keeper Stories

June 23, 2020

Foraging enrichment

Hello! It’s Courtney from the Primate Team! I would first like to say how nice it is to see guests...

Zoo News

June 22, 2020

A new chapter for three bachelor gorillas

Three bachelor western lowland gorillas from Zoo Atlanta will soon leave Atlanta for a new home at a new zoo....

Pandas

June 17, 2020

Panda Updates – Wednesday, June 17

During this time, the Carnivore Team has changed up the way we do a few things to ensure the safety...

Keeper Stories

June 16, 2020

Summer native bird-watching

As we get into summertime, everyone wants to get out of their house and get outside. One of the best...

Pandas

June 15, 2020

Panda Updates – Monday, June 15

With the warmer weather, we almost always have one (or two if it’s the twins) giant pandas behind the scenes...

Keeper Stories

June 11, 2020

Reaching out through technology

For those of you who are familiar with many of my other Keeper Blogs (let’s face it, that’s just my...

Zoo News

June 11, 2020

Meet Mumbles!

New southern white rhinoceros is now spending time in his outdoor habitat. Mumbles the southern white rhino is now exploring...

Pandas

June 10, 2020

Panda Updates – Wednesday, June 10

Now that bamboo shoot season is done, it is time for the next type of bamboo. We just started offering...

Keeper Stories

June 9, 2020

A day in the life of the Elephant Care Team

6:45 a.m.: Cool. For perhaps the only time in an Atlanta June day, the air is cool. I try to...

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