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It’s about to be 2019, so you know what that means – New Year’s Resolutions! You’re probably resolving to hit the gym more, eat less chocolate and more vegetables, etc. Those are great resolutions, but maybe this year you could make resolutions that will help the world around you as well as yourself – Conservalutions! … Continue reading "New Year’s Conservalutions"

Winter is here, and as the temperatures and leaves continue to drop, many animals begin settling down for the cold season or migrate to their wintering areas. However, the coming of winter also brings one of the biggest bird-watching events of the year: the Christmas Bird Count. Previously at this time of year, hunters participated … Continue reading "One of the year’s biggest birding events"

As Heather mentioned previously, the twins are little bamboo-eating machines! Some of my favorite aspects of my job are the moments when we aren’t in a rush to feed another giant panda or wanting to take advantage of precious project time – moments when we simply sit with the pandas and build/strengthen our relationships while … Continue reading "Panda Updates – Monday, December 17"

We scientists don’t have much patience for myths, science fiction or pseudo-science. Postcards of jackalopes irritate our rational sensibilities. But sometimes it is really fun to dive into myths and such and try to discover a factual basis for these wild tales. Ask me about jackalopes, in fact, next time you see me! With this … Continue reading "Diving into myths for facts"

As the days turn colder and some of the animals at the Zoo spend more and more time indoors, the animal care teams get to spend more time with the animals performing necessary husbandry duties. Year-round, one of our essential duties on the Elephant Team is giving the elephants pedicures. You might see us from … Continue reading "How do you give an elephant a pedicure?"

See the building of the all-new African Savanna and the revitalization of Savanna Hall taking shape. Newly-released drone footage shows six months of construction progress on Grand New View, the historic transformation at Zoo Atlanta. On the heels of a capital campaign that raised more than $42.5 million, Zoo Atlanta broke ground on Grand New … Continue reading "Construction progress on Grand New View"

See the building of the all-new African Savanna and the revitalization of Savanna Hall taking shape. Newly-released drone footage shows six months of construction progress on Grand New View, the historic transformation at Zoo Atlanta. On the heels of a capital campaign that raised more than $42.5 million, Zoo Atlanta broke ground on Grand New … Continue reading "Construction progress on Grand New View"

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"