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Having a camera to remotely monitor Idgie the red panda is the best thing since sliced bread! We have been taking full advantage of this and keep finding ways to encourage her to use her air-conditioned hut in her outdoor habitat. Currently, this involves splitting her diet into many small portions and running over there … Continue reading "Panda Updates – Friday, September 28"

A couple weeks ago I had the opportunity to attend the first-annual Venomous Herpetology Symposium in Miami. What is the Venomous Herpetology Symposium, and why would anyone want to go? There were 169 people travelling from 13 different countries and several different US states to attend. Everyone there was a snake enthusiast. There were herpetologists … Continue reading "Learning more about venom"

Enrichment is something we offer to all of the animals at Zoo Atlanta, and we often prepare enrichment that caters to an individual animal’s interests and preferences. As everyone knows, Yang Yang is our resident 21-year-old cub, and really enjoys playing with jolly balls. I thought it would be fun to offer Yang Yang a … Continue reading "Panda Update – Wednesday, September 26"

President of EcoHealth Alliance will speak on connections between emerging diseases, wildlife conservation and global public health. Zoo Atlanta is honored to welcome Dr. Peter Daszak, President of EcoHealth Alliance, as the guest speaker at the 11th Geoffrey Bourne Lecture on Thursday, October 4, 2018. Dr. Daszak will present “Emerging Diseases, Wildlife Conservation and Global … Continue reading "Geoffrey Bourne Lecture with Dr. Peter Daszak"

If you’re a morning person, you may know that getting up early, fixing a cup of coffee and watching the sun rise while listening to the birds sing is a wonderful and relaxing way to start your day. Birds play an important part of that scene, though. We tend to overlook (overhear) birds in our … Continue reading "How to Make Your Home a Bird Haven"

The role of the Ambassador Animals Team is quite critical and is more important than ever. If you’ve ever seen a World of Wild Theater or Amy’s Tree presentation or animal encounter or have visited the petting zoo, then you’ve already interacted with one of us, and hopefully during that interaction you learned a thing … Continue reading "A Zoo adventure is a chance to save a species"

Zoo Atlanta’s signature wine event returns on Saturday, September 22. WHAT: Atlanta’s wildest wine cellar comes uncorked for a third year at Sippin’ Safari presented by Groupon on Saturday, September 22, 2018. Only a few days remain to get tickets to the signature event, which features wine sampling, bites from local restaurants, live music on … Continue reading "Time’s running out for Sippin’ Safari tickets"

This past Sunday, we celebrated the last, but certainly not the least, of our giant panda birthdays for the year. Yang Yang turned 21 years old! Yang Yang spent his day doing what he does best: snoozing in the hammock and convincing his care team (actually just me; I’m the biggest pushover) to give him … Continue reading "Panda Updates – Wednesday, September 12"

There’s a light breeze in the air, the kids are back in school, and before you know it, it’ll be time to carve pumpkins and enjoy the crunch of crispy leaves under our shoes! Did you know that even after the summer fun ends, we still have plenty of fall activities that are included with … Continue reading "Fall to-do in the Zoo!"

I’m Danica Wolfe, Mammal Swing Keeper here at Zoo Atlanta and the Quarters for Conservation Champion for Lion Guardians, one of the three programs supported in our 2018-2019 program year of Quarters for Conservation, which sends 25 cents of every Zoo admission ticket to programs for wildlife. I’m excited to share a recent update from … Continue reading "Update from the field: Lion Guardians"