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Plastic is a durable material made to last forever, yet 33 percent of it is used once and then discarded. Unfortunately, plastic cannot biodegrade and only breaks down into smaller and smaller pieces. What about recycling? Americans alone discard more than 30 million tons of plastic a year; only 8 percent of it gets recycled. … Continue reading "Why reduce single-use plastics?"

Happy belated National Zookeepers Week (NZKW)! July 16-22 was a week spent celebrating zookeepers nationwide. To show their appreciation for all of the hard work that we do, all of the animals stopped pooping for the entire week and cleaned their own habitats for us. …Yeah, right. If anything, they pooped more than usual. But … Continue reading "A fantastic National Zookeepers Week"

“What’s it like working with the pandas?” We get that question a lot as we walk around the Zoo, or even run errands after work in our Zoo shirts. We always love what we do, and every day is different. Some days are just outright fun. Lun Lun tends to spend most of her energy … Continue reading "Panda Update – Friday, July 21"

A snow-white monkey, a tiny crane and a batch of baby rattlers are just a few of the Zoo’s newest arrivals. WHO: Summer 2017 has brought births for Zoo Atlanta primates, birds and reptiles. Animal babies include an Angolan colobus, a blue crane and a group of sidewinder rattlesnakes. WHAT: Angolan colobus An Angolan colobus … Continue reading "Summer Brings Baby Animals at the Zoo"

A snow-white monkey, a tiny crane and a batch of baby rattlers are just a few of the Zoo’s newest arrivals. Summer 2017 has brought births for Zoo Atlanta primates, birds and reptiles. Animal babies include an Angolan colobus, a blue crane and a group of sidewinder rattlesnakes. Angolan colobus An Angolan colobus infant was … Continue reading "Summer Brings Baby Animals at the Zoo"

As you’ve probably seen on our social media this week, it’s National Zookeepers Week! Zookeepers work long and hard hours caring for animals, educating our guests, working as conservationists, and conducting behavioral research with our many diverse species. It’s a job with lots of hats, and not a lot of thanks from their charges. But … Continue reading "Panda Updates – Wednesday, July 19"

Here are the Zoo, everything we keepers do is for the animals. We try to make decisions based on their personalities, diet requirements, and behaviors based on their species. I work with gorillas, and a main part of my day involves making sure that our intelligent apes have something to preoccupy their busy minds. We … Continue reading "Gorilla Enrichment"

Today was an extra-fun enrichment day here in PandaLand! As the twins get older, they are showing more interest in the enrichment items that their parents both love. Today we dabbed rubbing alcohol on the dayroom structures, and the cubs and Lun Lun had a great time anointing and rolling around in it. At one … Continue reading "Panda Updates – Friday, July 14"

Zoo Atlanta is part of a partnership to restore an iconic species to its native range. A new chapter in the wild began today for 26 eastern indigo snakes reared at Zoo Atlanta in the latest milestone in a conservation partnership to restore a native species to its original range. In a collaboration between Zoo … Continue reading "Eastern indigo snakes reintroduced to the wild"

Zoo Atlanta is part of a partnership to restore an iconic species to its native range. A new chapter in the wild began today for 26 eastern indigo snakes reared at Zoo Atlanta in the latest milestone in a conservation partnership to restore a native species to its original range. In a collaboration between Zoo … Continue reading "Eastern indigo snakes reintroduced to the wild"