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Name: Jenail Marshall Position Title: Interpretive Programs Supervisor Education: Bachelor of Arts – Anthropology Hometown: Los Angeles, CA Length of time at Zoo Atlanta: Four years! Tell us about your job and any projects you are working on. I am responsible for the development, evaluation and facilitation of interpretive programming on Zoo grounds. I want … Continue reading "Career Corner: Jenail Marshall"

Lun Lun, Ya Lun, and Xi Lun are continuing to do well during their time apart this week. The girls are eating, sleeping, and playing together. As Jen mentioned on Wednesday, we are giving the girls some extra attention, enrichment and feedings. Yesterday, we gave each panda an ice block filled with fruit and sugarcane. … Continue reading "Panda Updates – Friday, February 23"

Our good colleague, Dr. David Hu at Georgia Tech and his students are often at Zoo Atlanta. Setting up their expensive hi-tech and high-speed cameras, or a just a GoPro, all around the Zoo to record—quite simply—what the animals do. Then the subject the videos to months of analyses and mathematical models that would stump … Continue reading "Nature’s engineers"

If you have been to the Zoo before and seen a presentation at World of Wild Theater or a Keeper Talk at the tiger training panel, then you probably know that training plays a big role here at Zoo Atlanta. What you may not have realized is that all departments do training with the animals, … Continue reading "Training with Fiji"

Over the past year and a half, Ya Lun and Xi Lun have passed numerous milestones in their lives, and we have been there for all of them. Some of these milestones include surviving the first tenuous few days of life after birth; growing their characteristic black-and-white coats at around 30 days; crawling at 3 … Continue reading "Panda Updates – Monday, February 19"

Yesterday, the giant pandas’ indoor dayrooms got a makeover: We spent all day re-mulching the floors. Re-mulching is labor-intensive and dirty. First, we have to remove all of the enrichment and move all of the logs to one side of the dayroom. Then, we dig out the old mulch, which is about 2 feet deep, … Continue reading "Panda Updates – Friday, February 16"

Hello all! A lot has changed since the last time I wrote to you guys. I still work in our Outback Station section, but I am now a keeper under the Ambassador Animals Department instead of our Mammals Department. The Ambassador Animals Department is really geared toward guest interaction with our animals, whether that’s our … Continue reading "What’s an enrichment liaison?"

Critically endangered species is new to Scaly Slimy Spectacular: The Amphibian and Reptile Experience. Zoo Atlanta welcomes two exciting new arrivals to the award-winning Scaly Slimy Spectacular: The Amphibian and Reptile Experience. Two African slender-snouted crocodiles arrived on February 13, 2018, and may be seen exploring their new habitat starting Friday, February 16. “We’re always … Continue reading "Introducing African slender-snouted crocodiles"

Critically endangered species is new to Scaly Slimy Spectacular: The Amphibian and Reptile Experience. Zoo Atlanta welcomes two exciting new arrivals to the award-winning Scaly Slimy Spectacular: The Amphibian and Reptile Experience. Two African slender-snouted crocodiles arrived on February 13, 2018, and may be seen exploring their new habitat starting Friday, February 16. “We’re always … Continue reading "Introducing African slender-snouted crocodiles"

Everyone knows that our resident male, Yang Yang, is a class-A clown and eternal cub-at-heart. While Lun Lun is more of a “businesswoman,” when the mood strikes she can get very playful. Her little shadows have been making sure that Mom doesn’t spend too much time eating or sleeping lately. We’ve noticed a pattern over … Continue reading "Panda Updates – Wednesday, February 14"