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Enjoy a night with the lights for ages 21 and up on November 20   WHAT: Experience the wonders of IllumiNights at the Zoo: A Lantern Festival presented by Georgia Power during a night out just for adults at the all-new Gather & Glow featuring IllumiNights on Thursday, November 20, 2025, for ages 21 and up.   Sip on a festive complimentary cocoa … Continue reading "GATHER & GLOW FEATURING ILLUMINIGHTS"

Enjoy a night with the lights for ages 21 and up on November 20   WHAT: Experience the wonders of IllumiNights at the Zoo: A Lantern Festival presented by Georgia Power during a night out just for adults at the all-new Gather & Glow featuring IllumiNights on Thursday, November 20, 2025, for ages 21 and up.   … Continue reading "GATHER & GLOW FEATURING ILLUMINIGHTS"

Jekyll Island is one of several islands on the coast of Georgia and is home of the Georgia Sea Turtle Center (GSTC). But GSTC doesn’t just work with sea turtles – if you visit, you may also see gopher tortoises, box turtles, softshell turtles, American alligators, and the star of this show, diamondback terrapins.  Terrapins … Continue reading "What do sea turtles, marshes, and Zoo Atlanta have in common?"

Choose one of limited time slots for Santa’s first stop on December 6 and 7  WHAT:  Don’t miss out on Santa’s first stop – reservations are going fast for Cookies with Santa, coming up on Saturday and Sunday, December 6 and 7, 2025.     Make plans now for a personal visit with Santa and a professional photo available for free download; … Continue reading "RESERVATIONS ARE FLYING OFF THE SLEIGH FOR COOKIES WITH SANTA"

Choose one of limited time slots for Santa’s first stop on December 6 and 7  WHAT:  Don’t miss out on Santa’s first stop – reservations are going fast for Cookies with Santa, coming up on Saturday and Sunday, December 6 and 7, 2025.     Make plans now for a personal visit with Santa and a professional photo available for free … Continue reading "RESERVATIONS ARE FLYING OFF THE SLEIGH FOR COOKIES WITH SANTA"

New arrivals will join the mixed-species habitat in the Zoo’s African Savanna   Two exciting new arrivals – one striped and one feathered – will be future members of the mixed-species complement of wildlife on Zoo Atlanta’s African Savanna. The Zoo recently welcomed Neighomi, a female plains zebra, and Olive, a female ostrich.   Neighomi, who is … Continue reading "ZOO ATLANTA WELCOMES NEIGHOMI THE ZEBRA AND OLIVE THE OSTRICH"

At Zoo Atlanta, our mission is to pair innovation with responsible animal care. When those values meet, we can better understand the animals in our care and continue improving their welfare.   One recent example of this is our cognitive bias study with our three African lions – Hondo, Hatari, and Azizi – and was designed … Continue reading "Lions, construction, and cognitive bias, oh my! (Part 1)"

If there’s one thing the Bird Team has in abundance this year, it’s tawny frogmouths. These quirky birds often get mistaken for owls due to their large faces, big eyes, and brown coloration. However, this species isn’t related to owls at all! Tawny frogmouths belong to the order Caprimulgiformes, which also includes species found here in … Continue reading "An abundance of tawnys"

Hello! My name is Logan, and I am a member of the Herpetology Team here at Zoo Atlanta. This means that I work with turtles, snakes, frogs, and other reptiles and amphibians. This wide diversity is actually a key point to what I will be discussing today, and that is: What happens when one animal … Continue reading "Terraforming habitats: Anaconda to Old Iguana"

Georgia is home to a wide range of ecological habitats. From the temperate forests of the Blue Ridge Mountains to the salt marshes of the coastal plains, our state provides endless opportunities to explore the natural world. Each eco-region is home to its own wondrous diversity of wildlife, from one of the smallest turtles in … Continue reading "Conservation in Coastal Georgia"