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Educators save on Memberships To obtain your discount, call 404.624.5662. Support conservation and research efforts at the Zoo and around the world by joining as a Member. Educators save $10 on any level of Zoo Membership. Special offers for educators Sponsored Admissions Program Thanks to generous donations made available to Zoo Atlanta, a limited number of … Continue reading "Educator Membership"

Introducing a great new Member perk: Zoo Atlanta Members now receive discounts at the Tennessee Aquarium! Present your Zoo Atlanta Membership card at the Tennessee Aquarium, and enjoy group rate pricing on admission tickets (Adults-$29.95 and Children-$18.95)!   Click here for more information.

Madu is an amazing individual who has served an important role in the AZA orangutan population by having served as a foster mother. She has no biological offspring of her own, but she is currently raising her fifth foster youngster, Nangka. She is trained to bring him over to a steel mesh wall so the … Continue reading "Madu"

Zazu has her own way of doing things. She likes to wash her food before she eats it. She likes to sing duets with her brother, Gumby. Zazu does all of the incubation while Gumby brings her nesting material and food. Zazu is the first one to run to the front of the habitat when … Continue reading "Zazu"

Ring-tailed lemurs are named for the distinctive, alternating black-and-white bands along their tails. They reside in southern and southwestern Madagascar and are found in social groups called troops. This species uses both vocal and scent marking as tools of communication.

Their name refers to their cute, teddy bear-like appearance and the fact that the breed was developed in the South Down region of Sussex in England. This breed of sheep has a luxuriant coat that makes them very popular for their wool, which can be woven into similarly fine garments. Sheep were among one of the very first domesticated animals, and they have been part of human life as companions and sources of wool and food for millennia. Many thousands of years of selective breeding have produced a large of number of breeds specialized for different purposes and climates.

Passport to Adventure allows children in the household of Adventure Pack Levels and higher to collect passport stamps throughout the year to earn Zoo Atlanta prizes. Each passport is filled with fun facts, pictures, and mystery questions for your child to answer to facilitate learning and imagination. The passport offers a wonderful educational tool and … Continue reading "Passport to Adventure"

How did the zebra get its stripes?  How did the tiger get its stripes? These are age-old questions in natural history. Convincing arguments have variously put forward suggesting camouflage, to visually confuse and thus deter annoying biting insects, and a complex scenario to create cooling air movements directly around the animal. This latter scenario works … Continue reading "Zebras and tigers oh my!"

CSI at the Zoo! What happened to these animal bones, thousands of years ago? A research team at Emory University is taking advantage of the fact that we feed our animals natural diets. In other words, for example, owls naturally consume rodents as prey, so we feed rodents to our milky eagle owls. Komodo dragons … Continue reading "Rodent Bones"

Hot off the presses! How does one correct a scientific error that was made more than 150 years ago? That’s what our team recently did, in collaboration with researchers from The Natural History Museum, in London, U.K. In 1858, renowned herpetologist Albert Günther, who was born in Germany but spent his career at The Natural … Continue reading "Mesoamerican Toads"