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WHAT: There’s no one in the world like Mom, and her Mother’s Day experience should be equally one-of-a-kind. Elegant spaces meet wild places at Mother’s Day Brunch at Zoo Atlanta on Sunday, May 14, 2023. Celebrate with a sumptuous brunch buffet in the grand Michael & Thalia Carlos Ballroom in historic Savanna Hall, overlooking the African … Continue reading "RESERVATIONS AVAILABLE FOR MOTHER’S DAY BRUNCH"

WHAT: There’s no one in the world like Mom, and her Mother’s Day experience should be equally one-of-a-kind. Elegant spaces meet wild places at Mother’s Day Brunch at Zoo Atlanta on Sunday, May 14, 2023. Celebrate with a sumptuous brunch buffet in the grand Michael & Thalia Carlos Ballroom in historic Savanna Hall, overlooking the … Continue reading "RESERVATIONS AVAILABLE FOR MOTHER’S DAY BRUNCH"

Hey friends! I hope you are all doing well and thriving. My name is Allie, and I am a gorilla caretaker. Have you ever thought about what it takes to prepare for a new gorilla baby? Shalia (21), our pregnant female in Willie B., Jr.’s group, has undergone multiple steps to prepare for her new … Continue reading "Preparing for a baby gorilla"

Choomba was a member of the founding group of gorillas who made up the origin of Zoo Atlanta’s gorilla program. Choomba and her peers arrived in the 1980s, at the time of the opening of the landmark Ford African Rain Forest. At the time of the arrival of these groups of gorillas, Willie B. was … Continue reading "Choomba"

The Zoo Atlanta family is deeply saddened to announce the passing of Choomba, a 59-year-old female western lowland gorilla, on January 13, 2022. The second-oldest gorilla at Zoo Atlanta, Choomba was also the fourth-oldest gorilla in the world. The Animal Care and Veterinary Teams had been monitoring Choomba closely in recent days following a marked … Continue reading "Zoo Atlanta mourns the passing of Choomba"

The Zoo Atlanta family is deeply saddened to announce the passing of Choomba, a 59-year-old female western lowland gorilla, on January 13, 2022. The second-oldest gorilla at Zoo Atlanta, Choomba was also the fourth-oldest gorilla in the world. The Animal Care and Veterinary Teams had been monitoring Choomba closely in recent days following a marked … Continue reading "Zoo Atlanta mourns the passing of Choomba"

In 2021, Zoo Atlanta’s team published 11 peer-reviewed articles on various lines of our research programs and collaborations. This brings our institutional total up to a minimum of 391 publications since 1978, when we started keeping records. I was pleasantly surprised to see how productive we were, given the pandemic situation have been enduring. The … Continue reading "2021 Zoo Atlanta Research Review"

“I think that we all do heroic things, but hero is not a noun, it’s a verb.” – Robert Downey Jr. Iron Man himself said that. When you hear the word hero, who do you think of?  Maybe superheroes like Iron Man or Wonder Woman, or those who protect or rescue people like firefighters or doctors and nurses, … Continue reading "What is a hero?"

Zoo Atlanta welcomes Machi, a 45-year-old female western lowland gorilla, back to her hometown. Machi arrived in Atlanta on March 29, 2021, from Zoo Knoxville. Machi came to Zoo Atlanta with her mother, Choomba, in 1988 from Emory University’s Yerkes National Primate Research Center. She lived at the Zoo until 2013, when she moved to … Continue reading "Welcome Machi the gorilla back to Atlanta!"

Zoo Atlanta welcomes Machi, a 45-year-old female western lowland gorilla, back to her hometown. Machi arrived in Atlanta on March 29, 2021, from Zoo Knoxville. Machi came to Zoo Atlanta with her mother, Choomba, in 1988 from Emory University’s Yerkes National Primate Research Center. She lived at the Zoo until 2013, when she moved to … Continue reading "Welcome Machi the gorilla back to Atlanta!"