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Just a quick update from PandaLand today! As you all know, we are always on the lookout for ways to make the pandas’ day. Giant pandas eat bamboo, of course, but there is a surprising amount of difference between bamboo species, and the pandas have quite refined palates! Because of this, we like to offer … Continue reading "Panda Updates – Wednesday, October 16"

Hi everyone! My name is Ryan, and I am going to talk a little bit about some of the training that is going on at the Zoo. Here at Zoo Atlanta, we spend a lot of time training the animals to participate in their own care. The behaviors we train the animals for have a … Continue reading "Time for training"

A lot of people ask us what it’s like being an animal care professional, and specifically what it’s like caring for the giant pandas. Like other animal care team members at any zoo, our days are very much about routines, but we all must be able to adjust that routine at a second’s notice based … Continue reading "Panda Updates – Monday, October 14"

One thing I’ve gotten a lot more experience with since I started in the Panda Care Team a few months ago is talking during our Giant Panda Wild Encounters. Wild Encounters are a great way for guests to get a better insight into what the Panda Care Team does to ensure the needs of the … Continue reading "Panda Updates – Friday, October 11"

About a month ago, the Herpetology Team participated in our annual diamondback terrapin swap with the Georgia Sea Turtle Center on Jekyll Island. As part of the Zoo’s support of the Georgia Sea Turtle Center’s Jekyll Island Causeway Conservation Program, we returned 25 individuals back to the Georgia Sea Turtle Center after about a year … Continue reading "A rewarding opportunity with terrapins"

I was recently reflecting on this past year since Idgie the red panda was diagnosed with arthritis. Idgie is doing amazingly well, not only for a red panda of her age (13), but also as a red panda living with arthritis. I was also thinking about how it took a proverbial village to help her … Continue reading "Panda Updates – Wednesday, October 9"

In 2008, my close colleagues, herpetologists David Wake and Vance Vredenburg, used the amphibian crisis to support their invocation of the term the Sixth Mass Extinction. Immediately, I was worried that my friends would be seen as exaggerating, even if I agreed with their argument entirely. Quite the opposite, their phrase was adopted into the … Continue reading "Contemporary mass extinctions?"

This is Brittney, and today’s blog post is all about Halloween candy and orangutans! How are they connected, you ask? Well, besides orangutans being a festive orange color, did you know that a lot of our favorite candy and chocolate bars have palm oil in them? Palm oil is found in many foods, cosmetics and … Continue reading "Orangutans and your Halloween candy"

Fall is finally here, and for the Panda Care Team, that means the giant pandas can spend some time in their outdoor habitats! Well, for at least part of the day! It’s still a little too warm in the late afternoons for the giant pandas, but yesterday morning was a crisp 66 degrees, which meant Yang … Continue reading "Panda Updates – Monday, October 7"

A key component of any successful conservation program is partnership. Zoo Atlanta is proud to partner with Conservation South Luangwa in Zambia to preserve and protect wildlife and wild places in South Luangwa National Park. Conservation South Luangwa works in the South Luangwa National Park in Zambia’s Eastern Province. From patrolling the park to working … Continue reading "Zoo Atlanta and Conservation South Luangwa"