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COVID-19 brought an extraordinarily challenging year for Zoo Atlanta and other zoos and wildlife organizations around the world, but the Zoo’s commitment to its animal programs never wavered. Even in the midst of a difficult 2020, Zoo Atlanta celebrated many memorable milestones in the lives of the animal population. Welcome Baloo and Bramble the binturongs … Continue reading "A year of animal highlights"

Hello.  This is Kenn Harwood, Associate Curator of Mammals at Zoo Atlanta, and I am the Quarters for Conservation Champion for Save the Giants. Save the Giants is one of three projects supported in Zoo Atlanta’s 2020-2021 Quarters for Conservation program year.  This initiative contributes 25 cents of every general admission ticket to programs for wildlife.  … Continue reading "Quarters for Conservation: Save the Giants"

Hello everyone! My name is Allie, and I’m the newest member of the Carnivore Team. You might have read a few of my blogs before, as I was formerly a gorilla keeper here at Zoo Atlanta. In the Primate Department, I learned so much about the importance of teamwork and how to balance the daily … Continue reading "Joining a new team of wild things"

If anyone has a sibling, they know how much they love them, but oh can they get on your nerves! Watching the Ya Lun and Xi Lun play this week has been a source of many laughs! My favorite moment has been behind the scenes while we were feeding the twins. We were feeding them … Continue reading "Panda Updates – Wednesday, December 16"

Hello everyone and Happy Holidays! My name is Caroline and I am one of the newest members of the Primate Team at Zoo Atlanta. I started as a Primate Department intern at Zoo Atlanta during the summer of 2019, in the Small African Primate area with the monkeys, lemurs, and sloths (which are neither primates … Continue reading "How to tell who’s who?"

The other morning Adrianna and I set up one outdoor habitat for Ya Lun and Xi Lun and the other for Yang Yang. It was a sunny and beautiful day, barely reaching the mid 60s. Yang Yang enjoyed his morning bamboo. We offered him a newer variety, Rubro, today to see how he liked it, … Continue reading "Panda Updates – Monday, December 14"

Jackie the red panda joined us less than a month ago, but it already feels like we’ve known him forever! He has settled right in and seems very comfortable in his habitat and behind-the-scenes area. He loves to climb high in his tree and uses every part of his habitat. Jackie made quick work of … Continue reading "Panda Updates – Friday, December 11"

Hi Zoo Atlanta fans! Primate keepers and Quarters for Conservation Champions Brittney and Mike here. We wanted to give a field update from the Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation (BOS), one of the three programs supported by our 2020-2021 Quarters for Conservation initiative, which donates 25 cents of every Zoo Atlanta admission to programs for wildlife. … Continue reading "Quarters for Conservation: BOSF"

Hi everyone, this is Ash, Keeper II in Herpetology. Today I would like to talk about a pretty cool biological variation that occurs in our natural world: sexual dimorphism! What is this, you ask? It is a term when males and females of the same species appear externally different. These differences have primarily evolved through … Continue reading "Exploring dimorphism"

While he doesn’t know it yet, the only son of Zoo Atlanta’s most famous gorilla is about to embark on a monumental new chapter as the head of a new family group. Zoo Atlanta is thrilled to welcome female western lowland gorillas Amari, Kambera, and Shalia. The Association of Zoos and Aquariums’ (AZA) Gorilla Species … Continue reading "Welcome Amari, Kambera and Shalia!"