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Ah, Valentine’s Day. A whole day of the year dedicated to love. Most of the humans I have encountered have some strong opinions about Valentine’s Day. Some enjoy the idea of buying expensive gifts or dressing up and going out to celebrate with a fancy meal, maybe throw in a little karaoke and dancing too! Others … Continue reading "Be my Valentine: animal kingdom style"

Become a citizen scientist and win your own Catio or birding experience in Zoo Atlanta’s Birds, Backyards, and Beyond Contest ATLANTA – February 9, 2023 – In advance of one of the largest annual migrations for native birds in North America, citizen scientists and birders of all experience levels are encouraged to participate in the 2023 … Continue reading "JOIN THE GREAT BACKYARD BIRD COUNT!"

Become a citizen scientist and win your own Catio or birding experience in Zoo Atlanta’s Birds, Backyards, and Beyond Contest ATLANTA – February 9, 2023 – In advance of one of the largest annual migrations for native birds in North America, citizen scientists and birders of all experience levels are encouraged to participate in the … Continue reading "JOIN THE GREAT BACKYARD BIRD COUNT!"

An exciting thing happened this week in the Bird Department! Our own Queen B, Roswell the king vulture, laid an egg! Now, before you get too excited, Zoo Atlanta will not be hatching king vulture chicks anytime soon. Ros has a very colorful history, and has been living on her own for the last two … Continue reading "The storied life of Ros the king vulture"

Besides bamboo, the giant pandas enjoy some fruit like apples and bananas. When it comes to bananas, the pandas prefer overripe and mushy. When Xi Lun gets a larger piece of banana, she eats it like a push pop. She holds it with her pseudothumb while taking bites out of just the inside. Once she … Continue reading "Panda Updates- Monday, February 6"

“Birds, Backyards, and Beyond” CONTEST Official Rules 1. HOW TO ENTER: To enter the “Birds, Backyards, and Beyond” contest (the “Contest”), visit www.zooatlanta.org and follow the on-screen instructions to enter. Entrants must submit name, email address and mailing address to be entered into the contest. Submissions for the contest will be accepted beginning at 10 … Continue reading "Birds, Backyards, and Beyond Contest Rules"

No matter where you work, there are probably some acronyms and terminology that you use that people outside of your field would not understand. If you’re a teacher, things like IEP, BOE, 504, RTI BIP, PBIS, SEL, FERPA, SLD, LRE, MDR, ESL/ELL, TKES/LKES maybe familiar acronyms, but I know only what two of them mean.  … Continue reading "Excellent Acronyms"

In our first Conservation Blog of the year, we announced our 2023 Conservation theme: Partnerships. Put simply, this year’s Conservation Blogs will highlight the partnerships made possible through your support of the Zoo. As we introduce our projects and partnerships, we’ll also be talking about ways everyone can get involved with the work these partnerships are … Continue reading "Be a part of our partnerships: Get involved with the Zoo"

Hey everyone! Your friendly Carnivore Keeper Adrianna here today to talk to you about our fearsome fossa, Logan! If you haven’t met Logan, he is in our Complex Carnivores section, just between the tiger habitat and the giant panda area. Logan is an 18-year-old male Fossa who loves to sleep on habitat these days in … Continue reading "Warm and cozy with Logan the fossa"

A genome of one of the world’s most endangered lizard species was the first ever assembled. A new look at the mechanics of an elephant’s trunk garnered international interest. A habitat distribution map of a believed-extinct toad was the first accurate study of its kind ever published. These were just three of the research studies … Continue reading "2022 Research Accomplishments"