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Annual highlight of the wild world of animal enrichment returns on Saturday, August 30   WHAT: A favorite annual event returns on Saturday, August 30, 2025, at Play the Animal Way, a Zoo-wide celebration of animal enrichment. Animals around the Zoo will investigate the most colorful surprises of the year, sniff out their favorite scents, solve … Continue reading "PLAY THE ANIMAL WAY AT ZOO ATLANTA"

Second annual E-Waste Recycling Event returns with a chance to declutter and support conservation  WHAT: The Zoo Atlanta Green Team will host a second-annual E-Waste Recycling Event on Saturday, August 16, 2025, from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.   Members and guests are encouraged to bring small electronics  to recycle through partners at ecocell to benefit the Gorillas … Continue reading "RECYCLE ELECTRONICS AT ZOO ATLANTA ON SATURDAY, AUGUST 16"

If you’ve been keeping up with our Conservation Blogs this year, you may know that in 2025 we’ve been highlighting different ways that our team members support our conservation partners beyond the Zoo. This month, we’re putting a different spin on the phrase “beyond the Zoo.” We are focusing on YOU, and how YOU can … Continue reading "Beyond the Zoo … and You!"

Zoo Atlanta’s evening series for adults concludes for the summer on Aug. 8  WHAT: Zoo Atlanta’s summer series, Savanna Nights, is back for one final event of the season on Fri., Aug. 8, 2025, from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. As a highlight of the event, guests will enjoy thrilling performances of capoeira, an Afro-Brazilian martial … Continue reading "LAST CHANCE TO ATTEND THE FINAL SAVANNA NIGHTS OF THE SEASON!"

Veterinary Technology internship opportunities will provide two students a year with access and experience  ATLANTA – July 30, 2025 – Zoo Atlanta and Fort Valley State University (FVSU) have entered into an historic Memorandum of Understanding to provide new opportunities for students in the FVSU Veterinary Technology program. The partnership was announced at an event at FVSU … Continue reading "PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN ZOO ATLANTA AND FORT VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY CREATES NEW ROADMAPS TO VETERINARY CAREERS"

Veterinary Technology internship opportunities will provide two students a year with access and experience  ATLANTA – July 30, 2025 – Zoo Atlanta and Fort Valley State University (FVSU) have entered into an historic Memorandum of Understanding to provide new opportunities for students in the FVSU Veterinary Technology program. The partnership was announced at an event … Continue reading "PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN ZOO ATLANTA AND FORT VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY CREATES NEW ROADMAPS TO VETERINARY CAREERS"

Wickenburg, Arizona, where the temperature is a chilly 114 degrees. Staff from Zoo Atlanta’s Research, Herpetology, and Veterinary Departments are conducting grant-funded fieldwork in the Arizona desert this month. About a year ago, in collaboration with veterinary virologists from the University of Florida, we discovered a highly unusual virus in a population of sidewinder rattlesnakes near … Continue reading "Report from the field!"

WHAT: Zoo Atlanta will host City of Atlanta and Fulton County Family Days presented by PNC on Saturday and Sunday, August 9 and 10, 2025. On these two dates, residents of the City of Atlanta or Fulton County or employees of the City of Atlanta Government or Fulton County Government will enjoy free admission for two … Continue reading "CITY OF ATLANTA AND FULTON COUNTY FAMILY DAYS PRESENTED BY PNC"

WHAT: Zoo Atlanta will host City of Atlanta and Fulton County Family Days presented by PNC on Saturday and Sunday, August 9 and 10, 2025. On these two dates, residents of the City of Atlanta or Fulton County or employees of the City of Atlanta Government or Fulton County Government will enjoy free admission for … Continue reading "CITY OF ATLANTA AND FULTON COUNTY FAMILY DAYS PRESENTED BY PNC"

First-of-its-kind pilot program works to combat one of the world’s most pervasive and damaging illegal trades  ATLANTA – July 24, 2025 – Zoo Atlanta is proud to have been accepted as one of the newest members of the Wildlife Confiscations Network.   Operating under the Wildlife Trafficking Alliance, a program of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA), … Continue reading "ZOO ATLANTA IS ONE OF THE NEWEST MEMBERS OF THE WILDLIFE CONFISCATIONS NETWORK"