New Year’s Conservalutions

It’s about to be 2019, so you know what that means – New Year’s Resolutions! You’re probably resolving to hit...

Keeper Stories

December 18, 2018

One of the year’s biggest birding events

Winter is here, and as the temperatures and leaves continue to drop, many animals begin settling down for the cold...

Pandas

December 17, 2018

Panda Updates – Monday, December 17

As Heather mentioned previously, the twins are little bamboo-eating machines! Some of my favorite aspects of my job are the...

Pandas

December 14, 2018

Panda Updates – Friday, December 14

In a previous post, we mentioned Xi Lun’s distaste for sugarcane. We joke in the giant panda building that sugarcane...

Animal Science

December 14, 2018

Diving into myths for facts

We scientists don’t have much patience for myths, science fiction or pseudo-science. Postcards of jackalopes irritate our rational sensibilities. But...

Keeper Stories

December 14, 2018

How do you give an elephant a pedicure?

As the days turn colder and some of the animals at the Zoo spend more and more time indoors, the...

Zoo News

December 14, 2018

Construction progress on Grand New View

See the building of the all-new African Savanna and the revitalization of Savanna Hall taking shape. Newly-released drone footage shows...

Keeper Stories

December 12, 2018

Preparations for southern white rhinos

If you’ve been keeping up with the exciting Grand New View news, you know we’re preparing to welcome southern white...

Keeper Stories

December 11, 2018

Enrichment is enriching for animals and us

My name is Morgan, and I am a Primate Keeper at Zoo Atlanta. The area where I spend most of...

Pandas

December 10, 2018

Panda Updates – Monday, December 10

Ya Lun and Xi Lun are little bamboo-eating machines! We are currently training them the “bamboo” cue, and they are...

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