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Hi everyone!  It’s Kelly from the Herpetology Team!  As many of you know, zoos, as well as the career of professional animal care, have come a long way, even since I was a kid in the 80s! Although the ideals of wanting to provide the best care for the animals with as little stress or … Continue reading "AAZK: By keepers, for keepers"

April 21, 2022 RESERVATIONS ARE AVAILABLE NOW FOR THE ALL-NEW MOTHER’S DAY BRUNCH AT ZOO ATLANTA WHAT: Elegant spaces meet wild places in the city’s only opportunity to celebrate Mother’s Day while looking out over the African Savanna. Set for Sunday, May 8, 2022, Zoo Atlanta’s all-new Mother’s Day Brunch offers a chance to treat … Continue reading "Elegant spaces meet wild places at Mother’s Day Brunch"

RESERVATIONS ARE AVAILABLE NOW FOR THE ALL-NEW MOTHER’S DAY BRUNCH AT ZOO ATLANTA WHAT: Elegant spaces meet wild places in the city’s only opportunity to celebrate Mother’s Day while looking out over the African Savanna. Set for Sunday, May 8, 2022, Zoo Atlanta’s all-new Mother’s Day Brunch offers a chance to treat Mom to a … Continue reading "Elegant spaces meet wild places at Mother’s Day Brunch"

If you’ve ever attended Boo at the Zoo, The Beastly Feast, Brew at the Zoo, or any of Zoo Atlanta’s signature events, you’ve probably noticed that Zoo Atlanta’s Volunteers are critical to the success of the many events we host throughout the year. Maybe you’ve even thought about volunteering yourself, but have worried about finding … Continue reading "Event Volunteers"

Some snakes are venomous, as we all know. Indeed, some of them can be dangerous to humans if we get too close to them and they feel threatened. Potentially dangerous animals fascinate people, engender some fear, and also lead to extraordinary myths and misunderstandings. So, let’s take a quick review of how snake venoms work … Continue reading "Snake venoms and myths"

Hi everyone! My name is Emma, and for the past three years I’ve worked as an Exhibit Interpreter in Zoo Atlanta’s Education Department. If you’re a frequent guest at the Zoo, you might have seen me talking to guests about the animals, running Giraffe Feeding, or taking folks behind the scenes on Wild Encounters. But … Continue reading "Interning with our feathered friends"

We recently had something exciting happen in the bamboo-universe: We’re offering Yellow Groove bamboo! Here in Atlanta, we are very fortunate to be able to harvest fresh bamboo for the giant pandas. Based on quantity and availability in the Atlanta area, we offer the pandas up to around 15 of the bamboo species that grow … Continue reading "Panda Updates- Monday, April 11"

Reptiles and amphibians come in the big and small, fast and slow, active and chill, terrestrial and aquatic, and arboreal and fossorial. Walking through Scaly Slimy Spectacular, visitors can see habitats that accommodate animals with these unique traits. There’s no such thing as a one-size-fits-all habitat for such a diverse clade of animals like the … Continue reading "Habitat utilization in herpetofauna"

Just Jackie being adorable on one of his habitat logs … Although red pandas are arboreal and spend the majority of their time up high and in the trees, Jackie often likes to come down and greet his care team when we bring him breakfast first thing in the morning. Sometimes Jackie is right at the entrance … Continue reading "Panda Updates- Monday, April 4"

In the case of Harris hawks, birds of a feather don’t only flock together – they hunt and nest together, too. In some regions where they live this species is social, but in most regions, they are observed alone or with just one other hawk. Hawks belong to a group of birds known as raptors, … Continue reading "Harris Hawk"