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2-year-old sisters are now exploring their new home in Zoo Atlanta’s Asian Forest Ruby and Rose, two new red panda sisters, may now be seen exploring their habitat at Zoo Atlanta. As they continue to acclimate to their new home, sightings of the pair are not yet guaranteed. Ruby and Rose arrived at Zoo Atlanta … Continue reading "Sighting Alert: Meet Ruby and Rose"

2-year-old sisters are now exploring their new home in Zoo Atlanta’s Asian Forest Ruby and Rose, two new red panda sisters, may now be seen exploring their habitat at Zoo Atlanta. As they continue to acclimate to their new home, sightings of the pair are not yet guaranteed. Ruby and Rose arrived at Zoo Atlanta … Continue reading "Sightings Alert: Meet Ruby and Rose!"

Inspired by a true story. Bart awoke engulfed in a pile of his slumbering friends and family. While he enjoyed the warmth permeating off his siblings, it was time to wake up! He wriggled free and gave a big mole-rat stretch, took a few steps, and let out a yawn. Today was going to be … Continue reading "Bart the Naked Mole Rat"

Zoo Atlanta Volunteers lead by example and encourage others to give back to wildlife, conservation, and the community National Volunteer Week highlights the time, talents, and passion of the group of extraordinary people who are vital to the mission and operations of Zoo Atlanta – and encourages others to follow their example. Observed around the … Continue reading "Celebrating National Volunteer Week"

Zoo Atlanta Volunteers lead by example and encourage others to give back to wildlife, conservation, and the community National Volunteer Week highlights the time, talents, and passion of the group of extraordinary people who are vital to the mission and operations of Zoo Atlanta – and encourages others to follow their example. Observed around the … Continue reading "Celebrating National Volunteer Week"

Hi it’s Emily from the Orangutan Team, and I’m here to share with you some exciting news about our youngest orangutan: Keju is celebrating her 8th birthday! Keju came to Zoo Atlanta in 2015 and joined Madu’s family group. Keju is Madu’s fourth foster baby that Madu has raised. Orangutans have a lot to learn, and … Continue reading "Happy 8th Birthday Keju!"

Hark, O readers of the Keeper Stories! I—Daniel!—have returned! And this time we’re going to talk about boxer crabs. Why boxer crabs? While we don’t have this species at Zoo Atlanta, I happen to be particularly especially very much interested in crabs, and thought this could be a nice deviation from the normal scaly or … Continue reading "The fascinating subfamily Polydectinae"

Under the driver’s seat of your car right now, there is probably a small metallic disc.  It’s mostly copper.  There is some nickel in its composition as well. It’s not smooth. The edge is ridged. It has 119 ridges. It doesn’t weigh much at all, about .2 ounces. It’s about 1.5 mm thick. It’s nearly … Continue reading "The power of a quarter"

Today I’d like to spend some time talking about the turacos. You may have noticed these personable birds in our aviaries, hopping from branch to branch or making a variety of unique vocalizations. This group of birds belongs to the family Musophagidae. The family name is derived from the words Musa, the genus name for banana plants, and … Continue reading "Talking about turacos"

Hark, O reader of the Keeper Blogs! I—Daniel!—have come to talk about iguanas. And not just any iguanas, but some particularly cute ones: the Grand Cayman blue iguana (Cyclura lewisi) and the San Salvador iguana (Cyclura rileyi rileyi). I’m going to go out on a limb and assume that, given that you’re the kind of … Continue reading "Iguanas!"