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We hope everyone is off to a great start in 2020 and you’re keeping up with your New Year’s resolutions! While going to the gym more often and eating healthier foods are fantastic personal resolutions, making changes in your daily lives to reduce your energy consumption is a great resolution to reduce your ecological footprint … Continue reading "Saving Energy Through Technology"

Hello everyone! It’s Allie here, and I’m a member of the Primate Team here at Zoo Atlanta. I’d like to take a second and teach you all about what it means to be an AZA-accredited facility. If you didn’t already know, AZA is an acronym for the Association of Zoos and Aquariums. Why is this … Continue reading "What it means to be an accredited zoo"

It’s been a reflective start to the New Year at the Zambezi Elephant Center. We’ve been moved into the new complex for just over six months now (Kelly and Tara walked over on June 16, making it the most amazing Father’s Day ever), and it’s been an incredible time for us all. We’ve brought the … Continue reading "Things we love about the Zambezi Elephant Center"

What’s the first thing you think about when someone mentions a salamander? If you thought of a slimy amphibian that can respirate through its skin, you’re correct! If you thought of a hellbender, you’re correct! If you thought of a cute little animal that lives in an aqueous environment, you’re also correct! But did you … Continue reading "Tony the tiger … salamander!"

Okay folks, time is up! Have you conquered all of your 2019 New Year’s resolutions? Zoo Atlanta’s Bird Department sure did! Read along to learn some of the ways we went above and beyond to achieve our 2019 New Year’s reZOOlutions.  Last January, we decided to make 2019 the year of native birds by resolving to increase public … Continue reading "New Year’s resolutions for native birds"

Happy New Year, and welcome back from holiday break! Let the New Year’s resolutions begin! If you have green goals for 2020, let us help you and your students set a course to help save wildlife and wild places. There are a number of things that you can do that make a difference, from recycling … Continue reading "Gorillas on the Line… Answer the Call"

Happy New Year! To kick off 2020, I want to take a few minutes to reflect upon the challenges that lie before us, hope for future possibilities, and the universal value of protection. Humans, our surrounding environment, and the other species we share the planet with are interconnected in a complex web. Exciting, surprising, and … Continue reading "Protecting our planet"

Ninety-nine percent of the giant panda’s diet consists of bamboo. Here at the Zoo, we also supplement their diet with leafeater biscuits and produce to ensure we’re meeting all of their nutritional needs. Giant pandas eat the leaves of the bamboo, but they also eat the culm of the bamboo. This means that they are … Continue reading "Panda Updates – Monday, December 30"

The giant panda routine changes a lot as the weather gets colder, but my favorite change is that we get to use our outdoor habitats much more often. Our behind-the-scenes habitat is probably my most favorite, because we can interact with the pandas more easily and they can walk around and harvest their own bamboo. … Continue reading "Panda Updates – Friday, December 27 "

One of my favorite things about being a member of the Panda Care Team is seeing the different relationships that the pandas have with each of their keepers. This is the most evident during training sessions. Training sessions at Zoo Atlanta are always voluntary for the animals and are based on positive reinforcement. This means … Continue reading "Panda Updates – Monday, December 23"