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A couple months ago, we posted a Research Blog outlining Zoo Atlanta’s longtime research partnerships with local universities. These partnerships have led to a number of fruitful discoveries and publications. We’re excited to start sharing a bit of this work. In today’s blog, we’ll be looking at how resources affect social behavior in juvenile tortoises! … Continue reading "Resources and Social Structures in Juvenile Tortoises"

OK, let’s settle this for once and for good!  This question, that surely has been the basis of many family and social-hour squabbles, turns out to be extraordinarily simple to address. So, this will likely be my shortest Research Blog to date. Tetrapods are the group of animals with backbones that are not fish. In … Continue reading "Which came first—the chicken, or the egg?"

Lauren Wilson here, one last time to finish discussing the Bird Department’s breeding season. What happens after birds build nests and lay eggs? Chicks, of course! In this, arguably the cutest, blog, we will discuss everything chick-related, from hatching, hand-rearing versus parent-rearing, and what we do to set up the parents and the chicks for … Continue reading "Bird Breeding Season: Chicks"

Hello again everyone! Lauren Wilson here to tell you more about the ins and outs that go into the Bird Department’s breeding season here at Zoo Atlanta. In my last blog, we discussed everything about nests, including nest types, nest materials, and what the Bird Team does to ensure each species of bird has what … Continue reading "Bird Breeding Season: Eggs"

THE BEASTLY FEAST RETURNS FOR AN ELEGANT “WALK ON THE WILD SIDE” Ford Motor Company Fund served as Presenting Sponsor in 37th year of support ATLANTA – May 17, 2022 – One of Atlanta’s most anticipated black-tie galas returned on Saturday, May 7, at the 2022 Beastly Feast to benefit Zoo Atlanta. Ford Motor Company … Continue reading "Beastly Feast returns for “A Walk on the Wild Side”"

One of Atlanta’s most anticipated black-tie galas returned on Saturday, May 7, at the 2022 Beastly Feast to benefit Zoo Atlanta. Ford Motor Company Fund, the philanthropic arm of Ford Motor Company, served as the event’s Presenting Sponsor, marking Ford’s 37th year of support for The Beastly Feast. The 2022 event, “A Walk on the … Continue reading "Beastly Feast returns for “A Walk on the Wild Side”"

Did you know that we can tell a lot about an animal based on its poop? We can decipher different aspects of their diets and overall health, among other things, sometimes just at a glance! Here at the Zoo, we offer each of the giant pandas up to about 80 pounds of bamboo every day. All of … Continue reading "Panda Updates- Wednesday, March 2"

As the year comes to an end, a pastime many of us enjoy is watching college football and all the bowl games that ensue at the end of the season. If you’ve been paying attention today, you know that Yang Yang participated in his sixth-annual Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl Panda Pick ‘Em this morning! Yang Yang … Continue reading "Panda Updates – Monday, December 20"

In 2021, Zoo Atlanta’s team published 11 peer-reviewed articles on various lines of our research programs and collaborations. This brings our institutional total up to a minimum of 391 publications since 1978, when we started keeping records. I was pleasantly surprised to see how productive we were, given the pandemic situation have been enduring. The … Continue reading "2021 Zoo Atlanta Research Review"

*Achoo!* We have all been there, sitting on a bus, in a classroom, office, or at the grocery store and someone nearby sneezes or coughs and doesn’t cover their mouth and nose. In the past we might’ve thought “Oh no, gross.” During COVID it’s a much more intense feeling of “I hope I don’t get … Continue reading "One Health, One World"