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Zoo Atlanta and The Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund are working together with ECO-CELL to recycle cell phones, help the environment, and raise money for gorilla conservation.

How does being green help save species? Recycling, reducing consumption, and making sustainable shopping decisions decreases the need for mining, fracking, logging, and quarrying, protecting precious habitats and the animals and plants that live there. Going green also decreases energy consumption, which greatly reduces greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to climate change. Taking simple steps … Continue reading "Reduce your carbon footprint"

Zoo Atlanta closes 2016 with nearly 1 million visitors Highlights included a new attendance record, notable animal births and a new commitment to conservation and the community Zoo Atlanta closed 2016 with nearly a million visitors, an attendance record that has been surpassed only one other time in the Zoo’s 127-year history, in the year 2000, when giant … Continue reading "Zoo Atlanta closes 2016"

Zoo Atlanta December 8, 2016  Giant panda twins’ names to be revealed at 100 Day Celebration on December 12 In one of their biggest milestones yet, the giant panda twins at Zoo Atlanta will receive their names at their 100 Day Naming Celebration on Monday, December 12, 2016. Zoo Atlanta invited fans around the world … Continue reading "Panda Updates from 2016"

Zoo Atlanta and the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding have partnered on the preservation, care, and study of giant pandas since the 1990s, even before the initiation of the Zoo’s original giant panda agreement with China in 1999. This long, productive, and mutually beneficial partnership has seen achievements in conservation and breeding of the species, scientific studies which enhance the world’s knowledge of giant pandas, public education, and more. The Research Base is also now the home of the original Atlanta panda pair, Lun Lun and Yang Yang, and all seven of their offspring.

Ogden, one of the Georgia Sea Turtle Center’s diamondback terrapin patients who was hit by a car in 2011, was found nesting this year! This is just one example of the amazing work that the Center does and that Zoo Atlanta is proud to support.

Focusing on our diverse population of reptiles and amphibians, as well as working in labs and field sites around the world, Zoo Atlanta has a productive history of herpetological research.

Zoo Atlanta has a diverse population of primates, with multiple species from every major primate group (i.e. lemurs, monkeys and apes). We also have extensive collaborative projects with museums, zoos, and field sites worldwide, including the Great Ape Heart Project.

The primary objective of this study is to quantitatively document the giant panda mother-cub relationship.

The African elephant research projects at Zoo Atlanta are multi-faceted and diverse. Topics range from trunk biomechanics to social behaviors.