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Learn more about Komodo dragons from some of our animal care professionals. 

Can’t get enough of baby gorilla Mijadala? Neither can we! As she is nearing her second birthday (September 18), we see her personality and independence developing more every day. While she still sticks close to mom Kudzoo, these days she is much more independent and can be seen wandering off to initiate play with her … Continue reading "Growing up with Mijadala"

All is pretty status quo with the giant pandas. We are still feeding them exclusively bamboo shoots, which makes for some fat and happy pandas. Yang Yang is hanging out around the 135-140 kilogram (297-308 pounds) mark. Lun Lun is hovering around the 110-115 kilogram (242-253 pounds) mark. The twins are around 46-49 kilograms, or … Continue reading "Panda Updates – Friday, May 25"

Animal babies include lemur twins, rare beaded lizards, cobra snakelets, cuckoos and an infant colobus. Spring has been an important season for primate births and reptile and bird hatchings at Zoo Atlanta, including two firsts for the Zoo, a new group of members for a species not currently reproducing anywhere else in the U.S., and … Continue reading "Spring has been a season of exciting births"

Animal babies include lemur twins, rare beaded lizards, cobra snakelets, cuckoos and an infant colobus. Spring has been an important season for primate births and reptile and bird hatchings at Zoo Atlanta, including two firsts for the Zoo, a new group of members for a species not currently reproducing anywhere else in the U.S., and … Continue reading "Spring has been a season of exciting births"

Lions, drills, fossas and their habitats will benefit from the Zoo’s commitment to direct 25 cents of every admission to saving species Field conservation projects in Kenya and Tanzania; Nigeria and Cameroon; and Madagascar are the three newest beneficiaries of the 2018-2019 program year of Quarters for Conservation at Zoo Atlanta. The initiative contributes 25 … Continue reading "2018-2019 Quarters for Conservation programs"

Lions, drills, fossas and their habitats will benefit from the Zoo’s commitment to direct 25 cents of every admission to saving species Field conservation projects in Kenya and Tanzania; Nigeria and Cameroon; and Madagascar are the three newest beneficiaries of the 2018-2019 program year of Quarters for Conservation at Zoo Atlanta. The initiative contributes 25 … Continue reading "2018-2019 Quarters for Conservation programs"

As you may have heard, the new Quarters for Conservation programs were announced recently. The 2018-2019 programs are Rainforest Trust, Lion Guardians and the Pandrillus Foundation’s Drill Ranch. The Carnivore Team is very excited to say that we have two species in our care that are benefiting this year: fossa and African lion! We’re teaming … Continue reading "Carnivore Conservation"

When it comes to bamboo shoots, the twins are 100 percent their mother’s daughters! These two have bottomless pits for stomachs when it comes to shoots! They literally ate for eight hours straight the other day before they fell asleep. Of course what comes in must come out later, so they’re leaving quite the mess … Continue reading "Panda Updates – Wednesday, May 23"

Two in a three-part blog series on the 2018/2019 Quarters for Conservation programs at Zoo Atlanta Drill monkeys, a close relative to the more commonly recognized mandrills, are the largest monkey species in the world. Native to Africa, they are highly elusive and are currently only found in small segmented areas across Nigeria, Cameroon and … Continue reading "Quarters for Conservation: Drill Ranch"