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Red panda tongues are very cute, but they also serve an important purpose. Red pandas use their tongues to check out odors and scent marks in their environment. They do this by using an enlarged papillae on the bottom tip of their tongue to carry liquid up to their mouth and test it. They are … Continue reading "Panda Updates – Wednesday, June 9"

Hey everyone! My name is Emily, and I am the newest member of the Orangutan Care Team here at Zoo Atlanta. Great apes have always been my favorite animals, and I am very lucky to be able to work with them now. I just started here in April, and I am absolutely loving it here and … Continue reading "New adventures in orangutan care"

As we recently shared, bamboo shoot season was over for the year last week. It’s never long enough! Sigh. We did have some nice Henon bamboo and Arrow bamboo for them to eat. We also do leafeater biscuit feedings with the pandas to help them transition back to mature bamboo. As we do every year, … Continue reading "Panda Updates – Monday, June 7"

The 7-week-old warthog piglets at Zoo Atlanta are embarking on their first adventures exploring their habitat in the Zoo’s African Savanna. This week marks the piglets’ first forays into the area since their birth on April 13, 2021. The time the piglets spend in the habitat is primarily driven by their mother, Eleanor, who is … Continue reading "Warthog piglets’ first adventures in habitat!"

The 7-week-old warthog piglets at Zoo Atlanta are embarking on their first adventures exploring their habitat in the Zoo’s African Savanna. This week marks the piglets’ first forays into the area since their birth on April 13, 2021. The time the piglets spend in the habitat is primarily driven by their mother, Eleanor, who is … Continue reading "Warthog piglets’ first adventures in habitat!"

As we get ready to reopen the Georgia eXtremes building at Scaly Slimy Spectacular, you may notice a new animal face or two. One special guy is the eastern hellbender (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis). These guys range from southern New York to northern Georgia. They are known by many names, including “mud devil,” “snot otter,” “lasagna lizard,” … Continue reading "Hail the hellbender"

Zoo Atlanta is celebrating an exciting first in its history: the hatching of an endangered lappet-faced vulture chick. The chick is the first offspring of parents Amana and Anubis and represents a success more than 10 years in the making for this pair. Male Anubis, 16, has lived at Zoo Atlanta since 2008. In 2010, … Continue reading "Lappet-faced vulture hatches at Zoo Atlanta"

Zoo Atlanta is celebrating an exciting first in its history: the hatching of an endangered lappet-faced vulture chick. The chick is the first offspring of parents Amana and Anubis and represents a success more than 10 years in the making for this pair. Male Anubis, 16, has lived at Zoo Atlanta since 2008. In 2010, … Continue reading "Lappet-faced vulture hatches at Zoo Atlanta"

“What is your favorite animal to work with?” As someone working in the zoological field, I get asked this question a lot…a……LOT. To be honest, for me, it is really almost as difficult as a parent saying who their favorite child is. When it comes to my favorite animals in general, that would be fairly … Continue reading "Impossible to choose a favorite"

We are officially coming up on the end of bamboo shoot season. Very soon, the pandas will go back to their regular diet of bamboo stalks. Although it appears that they are eating the entire stalk, they are actually eating the softer inner layer of the stalk, called the culm. As the summer approaches, giant … Continue reading "Panda Updates – Wednesday, June 2"