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Meet the Giant Panda Cub Twins of Zoo Atlanta There are four zoos in the United States where you can see giant pandas, but only one where you can see twins. That’s Zoo Atlanta, home to Ya Lun and Xi Lun, adorable giant twin pandas born within an hour of one another in September 2016. … Continue reading "Meet the Giant Panda Cub Twins"

Mulch! If you’ve stopped by our panda viewing and checked out the dayrooms, you might have noticed that the rooms got a bit of a facelift! We added another roughly eight inches of mulch to both dayrooms on Wednesday. The overall thickness of the mulch is around 18 inches (with dirt underneath), and every year … Continue reading "Panda Updates – Friday, March 31"

BREWERY LIST FLAMINGO PLAZA Abita Brewing Company Purple Haze Raspberry Lager Turbo Dog Brown Ale Scofflaw Brewing Company Watermelon Lime Ale Basement IPA   DELTA AIRLINES RHINO HABITAT Gate City Brewing Company Gate City Lager Fast Fjord Hazy IPA Sierra Nevada Brewing Company Hazy Little Thing Hazy IPA Summerfest Ale Blake’s Hard Cider Co. Triple … Continue reading "Brew Beer List"

Hello everybody. The name is Zach Bulich and I am a brand-new keeper in Zoo Atlanta’s Herpetology Department. In this story, I plan on telling you a little about myself and the animals I have cared for and will be caring for. When it has come to animals I cared for at my previous job … Continue reading "Keeper Stories – Thursday, March 30"

Move over, Marvin the muntjac, there are some new kids in the Hoofstock Barn! They go by the names of Perkins and Blue. They are our kori bustard chicks that hatched last spring. You can see their parents, Snake and Tuza, between the savanna and duiker habitats. Why would the Hoofstock Barn become a home … Continue reading "Keeper Stories – Tuesday, March 28"

We keepers are very excited to have Arrow bamboo (sp. Pseudosasa japonica) for the adult pandas this week! Arrow is the pandas’ favorite bamboo. We have a limited supply of Arrow sites, so we can only offer it for a couple of months or so during the year. Arrow is tall with a thin stem … Continue reading "Panda Updates – Friday, March 24"

Keeper Talks are free educational conversations between animal experts and our guests. Visitors can enjoy learning about animals from the African savanna all the way to kangaroos of the Australian Outback. Many of these include an opportunity to watch the animals during their feeding times.

We invite you to take a walk on the WILD side and join our incredible Volunteer team! Volunteering at Zoo Atlanta is a great way to expand your knowledge of endangered species, give back to your community, meet new people, and inspire others to help safeguard existing species through conservation.  Zoo Atlanta’s Volunteers are dedicated … Continue reading "Volunteer Programs"

Zoo Atlanta prepares to say farewell to Andazi the rhino; The mother of the first rhino calf ever born at the Zoo will soon begin a new chapter in Arkansas Andazi, a 10-year-old female eastern black rhinoceros, will soon leave Atlanta for a new home at a new zoo, with a new chance to contribute to … Continue reading "Saying farewell to Andazi the rhino"

Zoo Atlanta prepares to say farewell to Andazi the rhino; The mother of the first rhino calf ever born at the Zoo will soon begin a new chapter in Arkansas Andazi, a 10-year-old female eastern black rhinoceros, will soon leave Atlanta for a new home at a new zoo, with a new chance to contribute to … Continue reading "Saying farewell to Andazi the rhino"