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Zoo Atlanta is honored to present Andro Vos, CEO and Founder of the Wildlife Forensic Academy, as our distinguished speaker of the 2026 Geoffrey Bourne Lecture.

Hi everyone! My name is Maggie, and I am an intern with the Ambassador Animal Department in Wieland Wildlife Home. Over the course of this summer, I have had the privilege of working with a variety of mammals and reptiles, from opossums and tenrecs to snakes and tortoises. All of the animals in Wieland have … Continue reading "Loving animals of all shapes and sizes"

At just 4 months old, Sophie the infant crowned lemur is quickly growing up! During a baby crowned lemur’s first month of life, they spend all their time attached to Mom, just waiting until they are ready to start venturing on their own. It wasn’t until Sophie was just a little over a month old … Continue reading "Milestones for Sophie"

Annual “terrapin swap” is part of an effort to protect a Georgia native species. The 25 hatchling diamondback terrapins now exploring a tidal creek habitat at Zoo Atlanta are part of a vital effort to raise awareness of and mitigate the threats facing a Georgia native species. Just weeks old, the hatchlings arrived in Atlanta … Continue reading "Hatchling diamondback terrapins arrive"

Annual “terrapin swap” is part of an effort to protect a Georgia native species. The 25 hatchling diamondback terrapins now exploring a tidal creek habitat at Zoo Atlanta are part of a vital effort to raise awareness of and mitigate the threats facing a Georgia native species. Just weeks old, the hatchlings arrived in Atlanta … Continue reading "Hatchling diamondback terrapins arrive"

There has been an update in the ongoing sweet potato saga! I don’t know if everyone else cares about this as much as we do, but weighing the twins is a lot easier when we can set up the scale for both of the twins at once. This gives us more time to focus on … Continue reading "Panda Updates – Wednesday, August 22"

Hey everyone, my name is Kaylee, and I was an intern here at Zoo Atlanta this past summer! Working with the Ambassador Animal Team in the Wieland Wildlife Home was the opportunity of a lifetime. This area has a wide variety of animals: reptiles, mammals, amphibians and an invertebrate or two. In addition to getting … Continue reading "Learning to work with animal ambassadors"

Since Xi Lun has (finally) decided that apple and sweet potato are (possibly) yummy, we have been weighing the twins separately. This morning, we set the scale up for Xi Lun and began shifting the twins inside for their morning weights. Ya Lun decided that she just absolutely could not wait for her sister to … Continue reading "Panda Updates – Wednesday, August 15"

Are you thinking about traveling abroad? We just have one favor to ask before you get to where you’re going, and that’s to read some guides on overseas shopping. Wildlife trafficking comes in many forms, and a lot of it is targeted at unsuspecting tourists. Just because you see something on sale in a store … Continue reading "#BuyInformed!"

Get advance tickets now for the return of Zoo Atlanta’s signature wine event. WHAT: Early-bird tickets are on sale now for Sippin’ Safari presented by Groupon, coming up Saturday, September 22, 2018. The third-annual signature event will feature wine sampling, bites from local restaurants, live music on stages throughout the Zoo, evening wildlife viewing and … Continue reading "Early-bird Sippin’ Safari tickets now on sale!"