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From Explore Guides for a Self-Guided Field Trip to classroom activities that will enrich your classroom curriculum, the Zoo has a variety of resources for you. All resources are aligned with the Georgia Standards of Excellence. Are you coming to the Zoo for a Field Trip experience? Explore the many options for field trips at the Zoo! Explore the Zoo at a discounted rate with a Field Trip: Self-Guided, upgrade to a Field Trip: Wild Walk, or book a Field Trip: Zoo Challenge. Field Trips: Self-Guided Materials – Explore Guides Use our Explore Guides, which will direct your students’ self-guided exploration ... Continue reading Teacher Resources

Todd and I joined Conservation Society and Legacy Society because we appreciate Zoo Atlanta’s commitment to giant pandas and we wanted to ensure that the work will continue for generations. We love visiting Zoo Atlanta! – Christie & Todd Harper of Derwood, MD What is the Legacy Society? The Legacy Society is a giving society to recognize those who have named Zoo Atlanta in their estate planning. We invite you to consider joining Zoo Atlanta’s Legacy Society by making Zoo Atlanta a beneficiary to wills, trusts, life insurance policies, IRAs, and other retirement or gift planning assets. There are a ... Continue reading The Legacy Society

Hello from the Mammal Department! I hope that everyone had a fun and safe holiday last week. Although the Zoo was closed for Thanksgiving Day, many keepers reported to work bright and early at 7 a.m. to take care of the Zoo’s animal residents. Personally, holidays are some of my favorite days to work. While … Continue reading "Tuesday, November 29"

Panamanian golden frogs are native only to central Panama, where they have been viewed as symbols of good luck for centuries. Unfortunately, an epidemic of chytrid, a fungus highly dangerous to amphibians, has eliminated their populations, and the Panamanian golden frog is considered extinct in the wild. Their species is now maintained in carefully managed survival-assurance breeding groups at facilities in Panama and in the U.S., including Zoo Atlanta.

Kori bustards are very large, ground-dwelling birds that that eat a variety of insects, small animals and some plants. The males are among the heaviest of all flying birds. Recent threats from large-scale agriculture and the bushmeat trade have resulted in sudden declines in this species.

Like all vultures and condors, these large birds are scavengers on carcasses. They soar over large areas searching for food using vision and scent, and when a carcass is found, many individuals may congregate upon it. After centuries of suffering relatively few conservation challenges, vultures in many areas are facing sudden and dramatic declines as a result of new threats caused by human activities.

This is one of the larger owls in the world, and they prey on virtually any small to medium-sized animal. They generally hunt at night, and long-term pairs produce usually two eggs per year, often with only one surviving to fledge.