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Zoo Atlanta announces a commitment of support for seven conservation programs protecting wildlife in Nepal, Congo, Cameroon, Brazil, Cambodia, and here at home in Georgia. Projects for loggerhead sea turtles, red pandas, eastern box turtles, gorillas, drill monkeys, giant armadillos, and clouded leopards are the 2022 beneficiaries of the Zoo’s Mabel Dorn Reeder Conservation Endowment … Continue reading "2022 Mabel Dorn Reeder Conservation Endowment Fund Programs"

In 2021, Zoo Atlanta’s team published 11 peer-reviewed articles on various lines of our research programs and collaborations. This brings our institutional total up to a minimum of 391 publications since 1978, when we started keeping records. I was pleasantly surprised to see how productive we were, given the pandemic situation have been enduring. The … Continue reading "2021 Zoo Atlanta Research Review"

Oftentimes when people hear that I am an animal care professional, they follow it up with “How did you get that job?” It is a profession that doesn’t necessarily have a perfectly mapped out plan, but if you’re interested, here are a few tips!   Most animal care professionals have a Bachelor’s degree, often in the … Continue reading "Panda Updates – Friday, December 17"

Tis the season! This time last year I took a holiday classic and gave it an Ambassador Animal twist, so I decided to give that a try again for this holiday season. The 12 Days of Christmas was the one I tried to tackle last year, but I couldn’t get it to work out. But … Continue reading "The 12 Days of “Zoo”mas"

Birds come in all different shapes, colors, sizes … and personalities. Some of our birds here at Zoo Atlanta are real characters. Getting to know different animals’ personalities is a really rewarding part of being a care professional, but it can also be extremely frustrating to work with birds who like to break the rules. … Continue reading "Rule-breaking birds and felonious fowl"

When giant pandas have twins they are fraternal twins, not identical twins. It is similar to a dog or a cat having a litter. They have the same birthday, but have different individual characteristics. So how do we tell the panda girls apart? A quick way to tell Xi Lun from Ya Lun is to … Continue reading "Panda Updates – Monday, December 13"

As many of you reading this may already be aware, Zoo Atlanta has long been working with one of the most endangered lizards in the world, the Guatemalan beaded lizard (Heloderma charlesbogerti). These venomous lizards are only found in Guatemala’s Motagua Valley, which is composed of largely dry, scrubby habitat. Along with maintaining a colony … Continue reading "Conserving one of the world’s rarest lizards"

Hey there, it’s Cassie from the Gorilla Care Team with an update on Willie B., Jr.’s group! Can you believe it’s been almost a full year since we welcomed Shalia, Kambera, and Amari to Zoo Atlanta to join Willie B., Jr.?  The formation of the group has gone very well, albeit a little slower than … Continue reading "Willie B., Jr. and the formation of his troop"

Giant pandas are able to hold and break down incredibly large pieces of bamboo. However, I am often impressed by the dexterity that they have as well. Because of their pseudothumb – an enlarged wrist bone that acts almost as an extra digit – they are able to pick up small things off the ground … Continue reading "Panda updates – Monday, December 6"

Sometimes, you can only work on “giant panda time,” and that certainly included one recent morning! Lun Lun had slept in the behind-the-scenes dens, and when she woke up, she grabbed some of her overnight bamboo and starting eating again. Fabulous! Terrific! A happy bear! We were glad that Lun Lun seemed so content with … Continue reading "Panda Updates – Friday, December 3"