Panda Updates – Monday, October 4

Today we’re going to take a closer lick – sorry, I mean look – at giant panda tongues! The tongue...

Animal Science

September 30, 2021

Protecting the critically endangered species still with us

Every few years there is a frenzy in the media about efforts to use modern genomic technology to recreate long-extinct...

Zoo News

September 30, 2021

ZOO ATLANTA TO HOST ASL FAMILY DAY

Zoo Atlanta partners with The Georgia Center of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (GDCHH) on hosting ASL Family Day...

Pandas

September 29, 2021

Panda Updates – Wednesday, September 29

A question we get asked often is whether a giant panda’s fur is as soft as it looks. Now, as...

Conservation

September 29, 2021

“No Animals Harmed”… the price of fame

Thinking back to movies and TV shows I enjoyed growing up, many of them included non-human primate actors. Primates are...

Keeper Stories

September 28, 2021

Drill, mandrill, or baboon?

Here at Zoo Atlanta, we are lucky enough to care for the only drill monkeys in North America. In the...

Pandas

September 27, 2021

Panda Updates – Monday, September 27

Have you ever visited Zoo Atlanta to see Jackie, only to find that he isn’t in his habitat? If you...

Keeper Stories

September 21, 2021

Managing birds in mixed-species aviaries

Hello everyone! Kyle here from the Bird Team! A lot of you who have gotten to visit our Zoo have...

Zoo News

September 17, 2021

UPDATE ON GORILLA POPULATION — SEPT 17

Update on our western lowland gorilla population: As a follow-up to the news we shared on Friday, September 10, about...

Keeper Stories

September 14, 2021

Training big cats for vaccines

Vaccines. At times it seems like that is one of the most common words we are all hearing these days;...

News & Stories

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