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The cubs have been fully weaned from Lun Lun for four days now. As mentioned in previous posts, things are going smoothly and according to plan for the pandas and their care team. Lun Lun seems to appreciate the time to do what she likes without having to worry about being available for the cubs, … Continue reading "Panda Updates – Friday, March 9"

You’ve probably noticed that spring has been starting to show up in Georgia. Trees and flowers are blooming, birds are singing, box turtles are basking in the sunlight … wait, box turtles are basking in the sunlight? You know that trees become dormant in the winter, and birds fly south to find warmer temperatures, but … Continue reading "Turtles “spring forward” too!"

The weaning process for Ya Lun and Xi Lun is now complete, and the girls are now living independently from Lun Lun. As you know from following our updates, this process started more than two weeks ago, with a gradual increase of time Lun Lun and the twins spent apart during the day and/or overnight. … Continue reading "Panda Updates – Wednesday, March 7"

Today was my first day back with the giant pandas after a week-long vacation. I got a few updates from other members of the care team and read their posts, so I knew a little bit of how Ya Lun and Xi Lun were doing with the weaning process. Based on my experience with two … Continue reading "Panda Updates – Friday, March 2"

With International Women’s Day just around on the corner on March 8, I wanted to highlight a couple of our hardworking women in science and conservation here at Zoo Atlanta: Hayley Murphy, DVM, Vice President of Animal Divisions, and Jennifer Mickelberg, PhD, Vice President of Collections and Conservation. Promoting conservation and science is a key … Continue reading "Women in Science"

If you’ve been following along with Zoo news recently, then you’ve heard all about our Grand New View project and the progress on the construction of our new African savanna. This is an exciting time for Zoo Atlanta, and we can all hardly wait to see the result. The end product will not only be … Continue reading "Creating a successful mixed-species habitat"

Our good colleague, Dr. David Hu at Georgia Tech and his students are often at Zoo Atlanta. Setting up their expensive hi-tech and high-speed cameras, or a just a GoPro, all around the Zoo to record—quite simply—what the animals do. Then the subject the videos to months of analyses and mathematical models that would stump … Continue reading "Nature’s engineers"

If you have been to the Zoo before and seen a presentation at World of Wild Theater or a Keeper Talk at the tiger training panel, then you probably know that training plays a big role here at Zoo Atlanta. What you may not have realized is that all departments do training with the animals, … Continue reading "Training with Fiji"

We have an adorable new addition in the Bird Department. As you might have seen on our social media networks, our milky eagle owl egg recently hatched! Because our adults are the only breeding pair in the United States, their chicks go out to organizations across the country to serve as ambassadors for their species. … Continue reading "Rearing a milky eagle owlet"

Over the past year and a half, Ya Lun and Xi Lun have passed numerous milestones in their lives, and we have been there for all of them. Some of these milestones include surviving the first tenuous few days of life after birth; growing their characteristic black-and-white coats at around 30 days; crawling at 3 … Continue reading "Panda Updates – Monday, February 19"