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It’s the giant pandas’ and Panda Care Team’s favorite time of year: bamboo shoot season! Bamboo shoots are popping up on Zoo grounds, as well as at some of the sites where our Bamboo Team is harvesting. Bamboo shoots look a lot like asparagus coming out of the ground, and they only show up for … Continue reading "Panda Updates – Wednesday, April 29"

COVID-19 has forced all of us to make many lifestyle changes. It has even affected the way we at the Zoo work with many of the animals, including the western lowland gorillas. Since gorillas are so closely related to us, they are able to contract many of the diseases we get, including seasonal flu. This … Continue reading "Behind the scenes with the gorillas"

At the Zoo, we talk a lot about how we use positive reinforcement training to enable the animals to participate in their own care. But did you realize, we train the keepers, too? When someone starts at Zoo Atlanta, they don’t just jump into training animals. We have a process for training animal care professionals … Continue reading "Training the human animal"

Spring has sprung and although we humans are trying to practice social distancing and staying away from each other, let’s just say that Georgia’s native birds haven’t quite gotten the memo. That’s right; it’s baby bird season! The Zoo may not be open right now, but you can still see some baby birds around your … Continue reading "Love in the time of COVID"

With all the extra time at home everyone has now, many people may be considering getting a new pet. But, just because your quarantined lifestyle may make sense for a pet, you really need to consider whether your post-social distancing life and schedule truly fits with the animal you may be welcoming into your home. … Continue reading "The Importance of Pet Adoption"

Hi-ya everyone! Elephant Keeper Caleb again! It’s hard to believe that next month is my one-year anniversary as a part of the Elephant Care Team, and wow, what a year it’s been! In June 2019, we moved Kelly and Tara, our longtime African elephants of the Zoo, from their old elephant space into the state-of-the-art … Continue reading "What a year!"

Earlier this week, we posted some tips on telling the giant panda twins apart on PandaCam. As a follow-up to that post, here are some tips on identifying the adults! If you need help figuring out how to tell the adult bears apart, here are some things to look out for. For starters, Yang Yang … Continue reading "Panda Updates – Wednesday, April 15"

Hello everyone! Last week was a busy one for Team B in the Primate Department as we celebrated FIVE birthdays! Although the Zoo is currently closed to the public, we still enjoy celebrating behind the scenes and even threw a few birthday parties! The first birthday was in gorillas with Willie B., Jr., son to … Continue reading "Celebrating birthdays behind the scenes"

Today, we wanted to tell you some of the ways to tell Ya Lun and Xi Lun apart when you’re watching PandaCam. The easiest way to tell them apart is by their eye patches. Xi Lun’s patches have a cat eye shape that swoop to the sides, and Ya Lun’s patches have more of a … Continue reading "Panda Updates – Monday, April 13"

Picture this: It’s been raining consistently for the last three days. The sky has been gray for who knows how long, and the forecast only predicts more rain. With the rain, comes a chill in the air that makes a cool day colder, perhaps leaving you with a chill you can’t seem to shake if … Continue reading "Soaking up the sun with birds"