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Today at the Zoo Saturday, April 1 9:00 am Grounds Open 10:00 am Zoo Seekers View on map 10:30 am Wild Encounter: Giant Panda Cost-based Activity - learn more View on map 10:45 am Elephant Training Demonstration View on map 11:00 am Wild Encounter: Lemur Cost-based Activity - learn more View on map 11:00 am Fantastic Flights View on map 1:00 pm Wild Encounter: Warthog Cost-based Activity - learn more View on map 1:15 pm Quarters for Conservation Education Activity View on map 1:30 pm Orangutan Feeding (Habitat 1) View on map 1:45 pm Gorilla Keeper Talk and Feeding (Habitat ... Continue reading Visit

If you swing by the giant panda dayrooms in the next few weeks, you will notice some big changes taking place. The climbing structures in both dayrooms are being completely redone! Work on the structure in Dayroom 1 (the dayroom that has historically held the hammock) is already well underway, and the second structure will … Continue reading "Panda Updates- Thursday, March 30"

Brew at the Zoo is back and wilder than ever! Kick-off your summer at the most unique beer festival inside the perimeter.

Reptiles just don’t get an even break in the public’s consciousness sometimes. For centuries, the public, and many biologists have dismissed them as cognitive and behavioral simpletons that simply are incapable of showing any interesting behaviors compared to the birds and mammals. Well, I hope that our wonderful readers of this column will immediately know … Continue reading "Cognition in Reptiles"

WHAT: There’s no one in the world like Mom, and her Mother’s Day experience should be equally one-of-a-kind. Elegant spaces meet wild places at Mother’s Day Brunch at Zoo Atlanta on Sunday, May 14, 2023. Celebrate with a sumptuous brunch buffet in the grand Michael & Thalia Carlos Ballroom in historic Savanna Hall, overlooking the African … Continue reading "RESERVATIONS AVAILABLE FOR MOTHER’S DAY BRUNCH"

WHAT: There’s no one in the world like Mom, and her Mother’s Day experience should be equally one-of-a-kind. Elegant spaces meet wild places at Mother’s Day Brunch at Zoo Atlanta on Sunday, May 14, 2023. Celebrate with a sumptuous brunch buffet in the grand Michael & Thalia Carlos Ballroom in historic Savanna Hall, overlooking the … Continue reading "RESERVATIONS AVAILABLE FOR MOTHER’S DAY BRUNCH"

Zoo Atlanta is home to four critically endangered hooded vultures: Baobob, Marula, Tai, and Acacia. Hooded vultures are found in the open savannas and woodlands of sub-Saharan Africa. At Zoo Atlanta, you can find Baobob and Marula showing off their natural behaviors in the Wonders of Wildlife Theater, and you can find Tai and Acacia … Continue reading "Fostering a hooded vulture chick"

Did you know that many animal species serve as heroes for their ecosystem? Join us as we meet some of these animal ambassadors and become Habitat Heroes just like them! Habitat Heroes is a recurring program and Conservation Club for parents or guardians and their children ages 8-13 years old. As participants, you and your child will … Continue reading "Habitat Heroes"

Applications are available now for children from Title One Schools in metro Atlanta ATLANTA – March 16, 2023 – Zoo Atlanta will extend community access to its signature camp experience with the return of the Safari Camp Scholarship Program in summer 2023. The program will provide a week of Safari Camp for 42 children ages … Continue reading "SAFARI CAMP SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM"

Applications are available now for children from Title One Schools in metro Atlanta ATLANTA – March 16, 2023 – Zoo Atlanta will extend community access to its signature camp experience with the return of the Safari Camp Scholarship Program in summer 2023. The program will provide a week of Safari Camp for 42 children ages … Continue reading "Safari Camp Scholarship Program"