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My name is Morgan, and I am a Primate Keeper at Zoo Atlanta. The area where I spend most of my time is with the small African Primates. This includes the drills, Wolf’s guenons, Schmidt’s guenons and Angolan colobus monkeys. Recently the animals celebrated the holiday season with some holiday-inspired enrichment. What is enrichment, you … Continue reading "Enrichment is enriching for animals and us"

Ya Lun and Xi Lun are little bamboo-eating machines! We are currently training them the “bamboo” cue, and they are making it so easy because they love to eat bamboo. It may sound strange to say that we are training them to eat bamboo; however, that’s not exactly what we are doing. The goal is … Continue reading "Panda Updates – Monday, December 10"

Having worked with Lun Lun for eight years now, I’ve never actually known her to not be either going through a pregnancy or rearing cubs. Lun Lun does not have any cubs to care for this year. It’s so interesting to be able to see her individual personality shine through as she has an opportunity … Continue reading "Panda Updates – Wednesday, December 5"

You may walk by our habitat for endangered lappet-faced vultures and see sticks all over the ground or see one of our vultures walking around with a stick clamped tight in his or her beak. Our male, Anubis, and our female, Amana, have been busy working every day for the past few weeks making a … Continue reading "What’s up with all the sticks?"

Did you know on average, Americans produce 25 percent more trash between Thanksgiving and New Year’s? That’s about 1 million extra tons of trash in our landfills and oceans generated in less than just six weeks. While that seems like an embellished statistic, it’s not hard to wrap our heads around when we think about … Continue reading "Green holiday how-to"

Name: Hal O’Kelley Position Title: Horticulture Manager Education: Studied Horticulture at UGA Hometown: San Antonio, Texas Length of time at Zoo Atlanta: 15 years Tell us about your job and any projects you are working on. I am the Horticulture Manager and oversee all aspects of the Zoo landscape. As a team, we maintain habitat … Continue reading "Career Corner: Horticulture with Hal"

Hi everyone, I am baa-aa-ack again welcoming some new animals to our area! If you saw my recent #TakeoverTuesday, I introduced everyone to our two new Gulf Coast Native lambs, Sven and Olaf! Now that they have been here awhile, met some of us on their care team, met our herd and met you, our … Continue reading "Training with Sven and Olaf"

Hi everyone, my name is Kyle Grace, and I am a Herpetology Keeper here at Zoo Atlanta. While everyone spent the Thanksgiving holiday with friends and family, an animal care professional’s job is never done. Here at Zoo Atlanta, we have a dedicated team of professionals. The animals still require the same high level of … Continue reading "We’re on the job every day"

Have you ever wondered how we take care of 220 species on 40 acres just minutes from downtown Atlanta? We’d like to share just a few insights into the ways our talented teammates make a difference every day. 1. It takes a village to care for more than 1,000 animals. Our Zoo family includes three … Continue reading "Seven things you might not know about the Zoo"

Ya Lun and Xi Lun have hit a major milestone in their training! We have been working with them closely to prepare them for voluntary blood draws. Each day we can visually check the giant pandas’ health through our other husbandry behaviors, such as looking at their teeth and eyes, but being able to obtain … Continue reading "Panda Updates – Wednesday, November 21"