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Happy Valentine’s Day! If you read our previous blog, you probably found some great ideas on how to be a conscientious consumer when it comes to shopping for greeting cards, flowers, chocolates and other pink and red things. We’d like you to continue being a conscientious consumer past this holiday, though, and spread some love … Continue reading "Why Conscientious Consuming Matters"

Hello, everyone! I’m Courtney, a gorilla caregiver, here to tell you about some of the tool-use skills our gorillas have and how most of their enrichment opportunities encourage those natural behaviors. Gorillas, like other apes, use sticks as tools to forage for food. Observing tool-use in animals is exciting, because it highlights similarities between humans … Continue reading "Tool use in gorillas"

The cubs have both exceeded the 90-pound mark. Ya Lun is still the heavier of the two at around 43 kilograms, with Xi Lun at around 42 kilograms. They are little bamboo-eating machines and they’ve begun coming inside with Lun Lun almost every time we need to freshen up Lun’s bamboo. Right now we have … Continue reading "Panda Updates – Monday, February 12"

If you follow the Zoo on our social networks, you might remember a certain #TakeoverTuesday that had an unusual focus on scat. Well, that was me, and if you didn’t get enough of a scat talk then you’re in luck: here is “Scat Chat 2.0.” Working in the Wieland Wildlife Home, I have the privilege … Continue reading "Monitoring scat for animal health"

Try to imagine a new color. Well, just stop, because it is not possible. Every color that you can imagine is simply a mixture of the red-green-blue wavelengths that comprise the Human Visual Spectrum. There are plenty of other wavelengths wandering through the universe, but our eyes cannot detect them. We live our life in … Continue reading "Color: in the eye of the beholder?"

Three little (big) peas in a pod! I captured a cute moment the other morning while the ladies were inside munching on breakfast, patiently waiting for their overnight bamboo mess to be cleaned up. Both cubs now love their bananas! They each get about half a banana, and the current favorite way of eating the … Continue reading "Panda Updates – Friday, February 2"

As many of you are aware, we have been hard at work here in the Herpetology Department. If you have visited Scaly Slimy Spectacular, you may have discovered some big changes occurring! There has been a lot of construction with sawing, hammering, drilling, digging, welding, plumbing, and concreting throughout the building. The habitat updates are … Continue reading "Exciting things to come in Herpetology"

With almost 250 different species at Zoo Atlanta, cultivating curiosity is a specialty of ours. Whether your students are learning about ecosystems across the world or want to know why a giant panda is classified as a carnivore, these answers and many more can be explored at the Zoo. In addition to a self-guided Zoo … Continue reading "Science Inquiry at Zoo Atlanta"

Three reasons why you should send your child to Summer Safari Camp at Zoo Atlanta Summer will be here before you know it, so gift your child with an experience of a lifetime. Check out these three reasons why you should send your child to Safari Camp! 1. Safari Camp offers one-of-a-kind learning experiences. Campers … Continue reading "3 Reasons to Send Your Child to Summer Safari Camp"

Many of you may know that in 2016, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) downgraded the giant panda’s status from Endangered to Vulnerable. While this change in status is an amazing achievement for giant panda conservation, this designation does not mean the giant panda is safe from extinction. All of the conservation initiatives … Continue reading "Panda Updates – Wednesday, January 31"