Lulu the western lowland gorilla is expecting

Summer delivery will mark the 24th gorilla birth in the Zoo’s Ford African Rain Forest. Lulu, a 19-year-old western lowland...

Zoo News

May 25, 2018

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...

Zoo News

March 29, 2018

Zoo Atlanta welcomes a new ambassador for one of Earth’s rarest big cat species: Sparky, a 13-year-old male Sumatran tiger,...

Keeper Stories

October 3, 2017

Hello – I’m Luke, a keeper in the Bird Department here at Zoo Atlanta. Today I’ll be talking about the...

Zoo News

September 20, 2017

Zoo Atlanta joins the global conservation community in celebrating the first-ever World Gorilla Day on Sunday, September 24, 2017. World...

Keeper Stories

August 22, 2017

Hey there, everyone! My name is Shay and I’m one of the new keepers in our Primate Department, specifically in...

Zoo News

May 4, 2017

Sava and Xonsu are ambassadors for one of Earth’s most imperiled natural habitats. Zoo Atlanta welcomes two new faces to...

Zoo News

March 23, 2017

Zoo Atlanta prepares to say farewell to Andazi the rhino; The mother of the first rhino calf ever born at the...