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We can only know the world around us by the context in which we sense it, both as individuals or even as species. Literally—individual humans with the five senses that are typical of our species can only perceive the world within the parameters of those senses. Individuals vary with respect to their sensory abilities, of … Continue reading "What makes sense?"

Hooray, the warm weather has found us and it looks as though it is here to stay! Do you guys know what that means? The Program Animals Department, like the rest of the Zoo, is gearing up for another amazing summer season! Usually when you walk past our Wieland Wildlife Home building, you get to … Continue reading "Wonderful warm weather at Wieland"

New foods and new skills are among the latest milestones for the only twin giant pandas in the U.S. The only twin giant pandas in the U.S. are well on their way to a series of exciting new milestones in the life of a growing bear cub. Ya Lun and Xi Lun, who were 8 … Continue reading "Catching up with Ya Lun and Xi Lun"

This is what I’m going to call the panda cold shoulder. Since I don’t work in the giant panda building as often as I would like, Ya Lun and Xi Lun don’t associate me with anything. So when I do try to get their attention, or dare even ask them to shift, I get this. … Continue reading "Panda updates – Wednesday, May 24"

I can safely say all of us keepers love the animals. It doesn’t matter if we work with snakes or birds or elephants or naked mole rats or giraffes or alligators or lions. We care for and adore the animals immensely. So when they leave Zoo Atlanta (and us) for a new experience at a … Continue reading "Where are they now?"

The cubs are reaching a new milestone: shifting and getting on the adult scale on their own! We started with having them approach the scale to receive their supplemental formula from a short distance and then from the next den over, and they both did well with that. Recently, we began trying to shift them … Continue reading "Panda Updates – Monday, May 22"

Some of you may have thought recently, “My, Lun Lun’s looking a bit chunky.” Well, you’d be correct in that assessment! Our mama bear is a little on the heavy side, and by a little I mean about 20 kilograms. We monitor all of the bears’ weights very closely and do this by weighing them … Continue reading "Panda Updates – Friday, May 19"

Hello from the Herpetology Department, Zoo Atlanta fans! If you have visited the Zoo and taken a walk down Trader’s Alley in the past few months, you probably noticed a couple of empty tortoise habitats. As the signs posted outside these habitats explain, even Georgia’s winters can be a little too cold for some types … Continue reading "Impressed Tortoise of Trader’s Alley"

Now in its second program year, our Quarters for Conservation campaign allows us to donate a portion of every Zoo ticket to conservation programs for species in the wild. Zoo Atlanta is excited to debut our three new conservation organizations we will be supporting for the 2017-2018 program year: the Tiger Conservation Campaign, the East … Continue reading "Quarters for Conservation Year Two"

If you follow our panda updates, then you have probably heard all about the twins’ increasing interest in leafeater biscuits. We have been progressively introducing them to the twins, and they are becoming more and more eager to receive them after their daily formula supplements, or to steal one from Lun Lun when she might … Continue reading "Panda Updates – Wednesday, May 17"