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Zoo Atlanta announces plans to introduce a breathtaking new addition to Atlanta’s holiday traditions. The Zoo has partnered with Hanart Culture to host a Chinese Lantern Festival to take place throughout Zoo grounds in late 2021. The Chinese Lantern Festival produced by Hanart Culture will introduce visitors to a nighttime wonderland featuring vistas of hand-crafted, … Continue reading "Coming in November: Chinese Lantern Festival"

Zoo Atlanta announces plans to introduce a breathtaking new addition to Atlanta’s holiday traditions. The Zoo has partnered with Hanart Culture to host a Chinese Lantern Festival to take place throughout Zoo grounds in late 2021. The Chinese Lantern Festival produced by Hanart Culture will introduce visitors to a nighttime wonderland featuring vistas of hand-crafted, … Continue reading "Coming in November: Chinese Lantern Festival"

Since April is Earth Month, and Earth Day was just last week on April 22, I am going to share with you some awesome ways to help birds! Birds are one of the only groups of animals found on every continent, and some even migrate between continents! Here at Zoo Atlanta, we have birds from … Continue reading "Earth Month bird conservation"

Now that I have been on the Panda Care Team for a few months and am feeling more comfortable with the routine, I am able to start learning other things. One of those things has been training with the bears. Each of the Zoo’s adults, Yang Yang and Lun Lun, know about 30 different behaviors, … Continue reading "Panda Updates – Wednesday, April 21"

Although they are solitary animals, giant pandas do have a few vocalizations that they use to communicate with one another, and sometimes even with their keepers. A giant panda’s most frequently used vocalization is called a bleat. It might sound more like a goat than a bear, but bleating is a panda’s basic contact call. Yang … Continue reading "Panda Updates – Monday, April 19"

Like every aspect of the Zoo’s operations, research activities have been greatly curtailed by the pandemic. Our primate behavior research intern position is unfilled at this time, outside researchers are prevented from accessing most areas of the Zoo, especially behind-the-scenes, and Zoo team members similarly are limited by staffing constraints and common-sense COVID safety measures … Continue reading "What’s happening in research at the Zoo?"

As the weather begins to warm up and we all start moving activities outside, you should think about gardening. Did you know that April is National Garden Month? Gardening is not only good for your mental health and aesthetic of your home, but you can also be benefiting your local wildlife. By having a garden … Continue reading "Help birds and other wildlife: plant native!"

If you ever come to the Zoo, chances are you are going to learn something about conservation and the natural world. Whether it be through signs you were interested in, a keeper or educator who happened to be around a habitat, or even formal presentations, our purpose is to educate you all about the world … Continue reading "Seeing the world we fight to protect"

A commitment to conservation is now more vital and timely than ever, given a recent change in the status of wild African elephants. In late March, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) announced that African savanna elephants, the species housed at Zoo Atlanta, are now classified as Endangered. Their relatives, the African forest … Continue reading "Elephant conservation is more vital than ever"

A commitment to conservation is now more vital and timely than ever, given a recent change in the status of wild African elephants. In late March, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) announced that African savanna elephants, the species housed at Zoo Atlanta, are now classified as Endangered. Their relatives, the African forest … Continue reading "Elephant conservation is more vital than ever"