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For those of you who are familiar with many of my other Keeper Blogs (let’s face it, that’s just my mom. Hi Mom!), then you are well aware of my passion for finding fun ways to education people about the importance of wildlife. Typically, during the summer, my job mostly consists of working with my … Continue reading "Reaching out through technology"

New southern white rhinoceros is now spending time in his outdoor habitat. Mumbles the southern white rhino is now exploring his outdoor habitat at the African Savanna complex at Zoo Atlanta. Mumbles, who at 9 years old weighs over 4,300 pounds, arrived in Atlanta on May 20 on a recommendation from the Association of Zoos … Continue reading "Meet Mumbles!"

New southern white rhinoceros is now spending time in his outdoor habitat. Mumbles the southern white rhino is now exploring his outdoor habitat at the African Savanna complex at Zoo Atlanta. Mumbles, who at 9 years old weighs over 4,300 pounds, arrived in Atlanta on May 20 on a recommendation from the Association of Zoos … Continue reading "Meet Mumbles!"

Now that bamboo shoot season is done, it is time for the next type of bamboo. We just started offering a favorite of the giant pandas at this time of year, arrow bamboo (Pseudosasa japonica). As one might imagine, it has been a hit so far. Arrow bamboo is a really long and skinny bamboo … Continue reading "Panda Updates – Wednesday, June 10"

6:45 a.m.: Cool. For perhaps the only time in an Atlanta June day, the air is cool. I try to soak it in, enjoying my last sip of coffee as I power on my radio and cross the threshold of the Zambezi Elephant Center. The sun has not fully risen, and the building is dark … Continue reading "A day in the life of the Elephant Care Team"

June 7 would have been Idgie the red panda’s 14th birthday. Even though we had to say goodbye to her in April due to age-related decline in health, we are still working hard to raise awareness for her wild counterparts and continue the impact on red panda conservation that Idgie created. Zoo Atlanta has partnered … Continue reading "Panda Updates – Monday, June 8"

All is well in PandaLand. Just as Danica and Heather mentioned in recent updates, over the past month, all of the bears were eating bamboo shoots like there was no tomorrow. On one occasion, we went through almost 150 kilograms of shoots just in a few days’ time (not including what was offered overnight)! When … Continue reading "Panda Updates – Friday, June 5"

Pollinators are incredibly important to our daily lives, but often we do not even stop to think about them. Not only do they help provide food like tomatoes, avocados, watermelon, or even almonds, but they each fill some vital role in the reproductive cycle of their ecosystem. Pollinators are so important to their ecosystems that … Continue reading "Stop to think about pollinators"

Currently the Zoo is open again for guests (we are so happy for everyone to be able to come visit again), but I thought I would share with you what we had been working on during our closure. As primate care professionals specifically working with our small primates and sloths (the non-primate members of our … Continue reading "Upgrades and training while the Zoo was closed"

Giant pandas have super thick fur, so they are not very heat tolerant and don’t usually want to be outside during Georgia summers. On most days by about Noon, it is too warm to have the pandas in the outdoor habitats, so two groups go to the climate-controlled indoor dayrooms, and one group stays in … Continue reading "Panda Updates -Monday, June 1"