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Education Newsletter Feature Bring your wild ones to meet our wild animals! At Zoo Atlanta, we have many fun, educational programs for families that ignite the senses and connect you to wildlife around the world and in your own backyard. From your tiny trekkers to your more adventurous explorers, you will find programs that engage … Continue reading "Fun for the entire family"

After working with the giant pandas for over eight years, it can sometimes be challenging to come up with creative enrichment that I haven’t used before that will be stimulating for the bears. Lun Lun has had a tub full of water and apple pieces before, and she seems to thoroughly enjoy the challenge of … Continue reading "Panda Updates – Wednesday, February 13"

Grab your binoculars and get ready to become a citizen scientist with the Great Backyard Bird Count! Each year, more than 160,000 people of all birding levels participate in this worldwide birding event, and we want you to participate too! If you’re unfamiliar with the Great Backyard Bird Count, this event takes place for four … Continue reading "The Great Backyard Bird Count"

If you read the last update, you saw that one of our Carnivore Team primary keepers, Kelly, has been training in on the giant panda and red panda routine. So that she could spend some time getting to know the pandas, I spent most of the last week over on the meat-eating side of our … Continue reading "Panda Updates – Monday, February 11"

Hey there! I’m Kelly, and I’m a primary keeper on the meat-eating side of the Carnivore Team. That means I spend most of my days hanging out with the lions, fossa and other meat-eaters. For the last two weeks, I’ve been fortunate enough to train with the bamboo-eaters. It’s definitely a whole new world! I … Continue reading "Panda Updates – Friday, February 8"

Hey everyone, my name is Bret Pilney, and I work in the Primate Department as a Keeper I. I mainly work with the orangutans, but every once in a while I help out in gorillas and in our small African primate area whenever they might need a hand. That being said, for this blog I … Continue reading "How my job helps me live a better life"

You may know that neither giant pandas nor red pandas can chew with their mouths closed, because their jaw muscles attach to a ridge on top of their heads called a sagittal crest. But did you also know that they can slurp their water into their mouths like you and I? Unlike other carnivores, who … Continue reading "Panda Updates – Wednesday, February 6"

Looking to continue your New Year’s resolutions of reducing your carbon footprint? This month is the perfect place to continue or start! February brings one of the largest consumer holidays of the year, Valentine’s Day. Americans spent $19.6 billion on Valentine’s Day in 2018, with the average American spending about $163 on the day. That’s … Continue reading "Make your Valentine’s Day sustainable"

Another lappet-faced vulture breeding season is underway, and another chapter is being written in the love story that is Amana and Anubis trying to get it right. This pair of vultures has called Zoo Atlanta home since 2010, and for the past nine years, their care team has been very patiently waiting for them to … Continue reading "Amana and Anubis: The saga continues"

Most of the time when you hear the word “venom,” you think of a toxic liquid that is “bad” or something that will lead to death. So a lot of times, venomous reptiles can sometimes be thought of poorly in the animal world. Why should you care? There is so much potential for human use … Continue reading "Why should you care about venom?"