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Hi everyone! Caleb with the Elephant Care Team here, once again! August 12 is World Elephant Day, an international event dedicated to preserving and protecting the world’s elephants. Around the world and throughout history, elephants have been held in wonder by humans. Prominent in literature, films, pop culture, and more, elephants are one of the … Continue reading "Celebrating World Elephant Day together"

Hello! I’m Becky, the Associate Curator of Ambassador Animals. That means I get the privilege of working with the team to determine when we bring in new animals, and then I work on the logistics of from where and when they will come to the Zoo. If you’ve been to the petting zoo in the … Continue reading "Meet Avocado, Wasabi, and Pickles!"

Craft cocktail series is back for one more installment on August 12   WHAT: Zoo-goers ages 21 and up who missed the June and July installments of Zoo Atlanta’s all-new craft cocktail series have just one more opportunity to experience Savanna Nights with the third and final event of the summer on Friday, August 12, 2022. … Continue reading "LAST CHANCE OF THE SUMMER TO EXPERIENCE SAVANNA NIGHTS!"

Pandas are bamboo specialists. The word “panda” comes from the Nepalese nigalya ponya, which means “bamboo-eater.” And here at Zoo Atlanta, we have a fantastic team that spends their entire week cutting and bundling bamboo for the pandas to eat. Unfortunately though, that team does not consist of pandas, so though they have received training in identifying bamboo … Continue reading "Panda Updates- Wednesday, August 3"

Sounds like a bad 80s hair band, but it’s something far worse There are some things that are plainly true even though we don’t think about them often or ever. Coke tastes better out of glass bottles. S’mores aren’t ever as good as you remember them being when you were a kid. If you’re wearing … Continue reading "What is an extinction vortex?"

Dr. Megan Watson has been an Associate Veterinarian at Zoo Atlanta since 2019.  She is a Board Certified Specialist in Zoological MedicineTM and an adjunct assistant professor in Zoological Medicine at the University of Georgia. Dr. Watson graduated from Iowa State University with a B.S. in Biochemistry. She went on to receive her D.V.M. at the University of Illinois. As a veterinary student, she completed a student preceptorship here at Zoo Atlanta! After graduating, Megan completed a small animal rotating internship at the University of Georgia, followed by a zoological medicine internship at Colorado State University. Megan went on to ... Continue reading Megan Watson, DVM

Hornbills are a fascinating group of birds. While these long-beaked animals might superficially resemble toucans, the hornbill family (Bucerotidae) is not closely related to the toucan family at all! The hornbill family contains a diverse number of species, three of which are housed here at Zoo Atlanta. While many Asian species subsist on a diet … Continue reading "The horn of the hornbill: what’s it for?"

Partnership with Golden Lion Tamarin Association is a continuation of a conservation success story ATLANTA – August 2, 2022 – On Golden Lion Tamarin Day, Zoo Atlanta announces a substantial new commitment to the Golden Lion Tamarin Association (Associação Mico-Leão-Dourado – AMLD) to protect the tiny icons of Brazil’s Atlantic Coastal Forest. Zoo Atlanta and AMLD … Continue reading "GOLDEN LION TAMARIN DAY BRINGS A NEW COMMITMENT FOR ZOO ATLANTA"

Partnership with Golden Lion Tamarin Association is a continuation of a conservation success story ATLANTA – August 2, 2022 – On Golden Lion Tamarin Day, Zoo Atlanta announces a substantial new commitment to the Golden Lion Tamarin Association (Associação Mico-Leão-Dourado – AMLD) to protect the tiny icons of Brazil’s Atlantic Coastal Forest. Zoo Atlanta and … Continue reading "GOLDEN LION TAMARIN DAY BRINGS A NEW COMMITMENT"