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Let the Zoo come to YOU! A trained educator presents an exciting program using three live animals, biofacts such as bones and fun activities to your students. This popular program gives your students a connection to animals and conservation without ever leaving the classroom!

We invite you to take a walk on the WILD side and join our incredible Volunteer team! Volunteering at Zoo Atlanta is a great way to expand your knowledge of endangered species, give back to your community, meet new people, and inspire others to help safeguard existing species through conservation.  Zoo Atlanta’s Volunteers are dedicated … Continue reading "Volunteer Programs"

Zoo Atlanta offers Scouts the opportunity to earn badges while exploring the Zoo.  Through hands-on, minds-on explorations, Scouts learn about animals, environmental issues and conservation.  Through workshops, special Scout Days and overnight experiences, there are a variety of badge requirements that can be earned, in addition to earning a Zoo Atlanta Patch!

All the way from kindergarten up to seniors in high school, Zoo Atlanta offers exciting educational field trips or afternoon programs of games, animal encounters and activities to boost brain cells. 

Receive an interactive, instructor-led presentation paired with up-close animal encounters and fun educational activities that take your field trip to the next level! Content covers Georgia Performance Standards for your grade in a lively, engaging format.

If you’ve yearned to get closer to the animals, now you can! Behind-the-scenes experiences with some of our wildest residents turn a trip to the Zoo into the chance of a lifetime.

You’re invited to a sleepover like no other! Spend the night at Zoo Atlanta and embark on a nocturnal adventure packed with animals, games and behind-the-scenes fun. Check out all of our NightCrawlers programs below.

Snakes! When I bring a snake out during an animal presentation, I usually encounter at least one person who’s a little less than enthusiastic. If you are afraid of snakes, let me start by saying it’s okay; in fact, many other animals have a natural fear of snakes (aside from species like the mongoose, whose … Continue reading "Keeper Stories – Thursday, March 23"

Zoo Atlanta prepares to say farewell to Andazi the rhino; The mother of the first rhino calf ever born at the Zoo will soon begin a new chapter in Arkansas Andazi, a 10-year-old female eastern black rhinoceros, will soon leave Atlanta for a new home at a new zoo, with a new chance to contribute to … Continue reading "Saying farewell to Andazi the rhino"