Studying sidewinders

Last year I wrote about some baby sidewinder rattlesnakes, and today I am going to give you an update on...

Animal Science

April 4, 2018

Zoo Atlanta is a top-10 research organization!

Hi all! I trust you all have enjoyed our guest bloggers over the last few posts. Big thanks and kudos...

Learn

February 27, 2018

Bio-inspired Design

Have you ever thought about where the design for Velcro came from? Or what flamingos and water filters have in...

Animal Science

February 22, 2018

Nature’s engineers

Our good colleague, Dr. David Hu at Georgia Tech and his students are often at Zoo Atlanta. Setting up their...

Keeper Stories

February 13, 2018

Tool use in gorillas

Hello, everyone! I’m Courtney, a gorilla caregiver, here to tell you about some of the tool-use skills our gorillas have...

Animal Science

February 7, 2018

Color: in the eye of the beholder?

Try to imagine a new color. Well, just stop, because it is not possible. Every color that you can imagine...

Animal Science

January 25, 2018

A year in review

Wrapping up the research year around Zoo Atlanta, I’d like to thank the readers out there who have been reading...

Animal Science

December 13, 2017

Who’s your daddy?

A few years ago, when I was the Zoo’s Curator of Herpetology, I walked into the old World of Reptiles...

Keeper Stories

September 14, 2017

Baby snakes and exciting research

Hello, it’s Ash from the Herpetology Department, and today I am going to tell you a little about our recently...

Animal Science

August 23, 2017

Studying sand skinks in the scrublands

Sometimes the Zoo’s research does not take place at the Zoo. As part of our collaborative research on the biophysics...

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