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Animal enrichment is egg-sighting on Saturday, April 20. WHAT: Enrichment is a year-round aspect of animal care at Zoo Atlanta, but on Saturday, April 20, it’s an egg-stravaganza. While opportunities abound for humans to hunt eggs in Atlanta in spring, at Zoo Atlanta, the discoveries are for the animals. Species around the Zoo will find … Continue reading "Gorilla Egg Hunts and More"

Find your new best friend among over 100 adoptable dogs just outside the Zoo on April 27. Zoo Atlanta and Atlanta Humane Society will team up on the third-annual ZooPaws pet adoption event on Saturday, April 27, 2019. The community event will take place in Grant Park, just outside the gates of Zoo Atlanta, from … Continue reading "ZooPaws Pet Adoption Event"

Rachel McRobb of Conservation South Luangwa speaks on efforts to protect elephants and other wildlife on April 23. Zoo Atlanta is proud to host Rachel McRobb, Chief Executive Officer of Conservation South Luangwa, as she presents “Protecting South Luangwa, one of Africa’s most wild and spectacular National Parks,” on Tuesday, April 23, 2019, at 7 … Continue reading "Zoo Atlanta presents “Protecting South Luangwa”"

Rachel McRobb of Conservation South Luangwa speaks on efforts to protect elephants and other wildlife on April 23. Zoo Atlanta is proud to host Rachel McRobb, Chief Executive Officer of Conservation South Luangwa, as she presents “Protecting South Luangwa, one of Africa’s most wild and spectacular National Parks,” on Tuesday, April 23, 2019, at 7 … Continue reading "Zoo Atlanta presents “Protecting South Luangwa”"

Program will provide a weeklong Safari Camp experience for 60 underprivileged children. Zoo Atlanta will broaden community access to its signature summer camp experience with the return of the Safari Camp Scholarship Program presented by Atlanta Fulton County Recreation Authority. Offered for the fourth year in a row in 2019, the program will provide a … Continue reading "Safari Camp Scholarship Program"

Spring Break 2019 coincides with a milestone anniversary. WHAT: Spring Break Week kicks off just days after a milestone anniversary for Atlanta’s oldest cultural destination. Zoo Atlanta turns 130 Zoo Atlanta celebrates its 130th anniversary on March 28, 2019. The date commemorates the 1889 purchase of a group of animals from a bankrupt traveling menagerie … Continue reading "Spring Break Tips and Must-Dos at the Zoo"

Spring Break 2019 coincides with a milestone anniversary. Spring Break Week kicks off just days after a milestone anniversary for Atlanta’s oldest cultural destination. Zoo Atlanta turns 130 Zoo Atlanta celebrates its 130th anniversary on March 28, 2019. The date commemorates the 1889 purchase of a group of animals from a bankrupt traveling menagerie by … Continue reading "Spring Break Tips and Must-Dos at the Zoo"

Tickets available now for reading, Q&A and signing of “Don’t Let Them Disappear” New York Times #1 bestselling author Chelsea Clinton will appear at Zoo Atlanta for a reading, Q&A and signing of her new children’s book “Don’t Let Them Disappear: 12 Endangered Species Across the Globe,” on Wednesday, April 24, 2019, at 4 p.m. … Continue reading "Chelsea Clinton reading and book-signing event"

Summer delivery will mark the 24th gorilla birth in the Zoo’s Ford African Rain Forest. Lulu, a 19-year-old western lowland gorilla, is expecting an infant. The pregnancy was confirmed via ultrasound, and the Zoo Atlanta Animal Care Team detected a fetus on ultrasound in early 2019. The infant, expected to arrive in summer 2019, will … Continue reading "Lulu the western lowland gorilla is expecting"

On March 8, 2018, I had the most amazing opportunity of observing the birth of our youngest Angolan colobus monkey, Gerri. I was busy feeding the monkeys their afternoon diet in their behind-the-scenes area when I noticed Lami, one of the female colobus, acting strange. We had suspected that she was pregnant, so I called … Continue reading "Gerri the Angolan colobus turns 1!"