As some of you may know, I have spent much of my career focusing on the devastating emerging infectious disease of amphibians known as amphibian
the last 20 years have shown us that we cannot control chytrid epidemics in the wild
Week kicks off with Gorilla Egg Hunts and More on March 31.
The event’s namesake animals, the western lowland gorillas, will hunt for Jell-O
This year has been an eventful one for the gorillas and their care team. In fact, for the past several months, the Gorilla Care Team was very busy preparing
While you would most likely see gorillas living in family groups in the wild, bachelor
The chick, currently being “puppet reared,” is the first vulture ever hatched at Zoo Atlanta.
vultures are African vultures, a group of birds that is in universal decline in the wild
Hi everyone, it’s Sarafee with another edition of Zoo Atlanta’s Keeper Stories! I’m a Senior Keeper on the Gorilla Care Team at Zoo Atlanta, and we are going
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Many of you have had the opportunity to observe our gorilla bachelor group of Mbeli, Kal and Gunther grow up and develop over the past few years. Spending
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Hi Zoo Atlanta fans! It’s Ella here from the Primate Team, and I’d like to tell you guys a little bit about what humans and gorillas have in common. As you
humans are scientifically known as Homo sapiens, but did you know that because western
Hi everyone! My name is Hayley, a Keeper II on the Gorilla Care Team at Zoo Atlanta. I just started in December, but it didn’t take long for me to fall in
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The birds of Zoo Atlanta have some new neighbors! We recently welcomed a new but familiar species to the Bird Department. This species is known as the
These turacos spend a lot of their time in the jungles of West Africa.
Zoo Atlanta is thrilled to welcome one of its most beloved species, the red panda, back to Atlanta. Jackie, a 3-year-old male red panda from Smithsonian’s National Zoo, is now exploring his new home in the Zoo’s Asian Forest complex.Jackie’s debut balances happy news with what had been one of Zoo Atlanta’s sadder announcements of 2020: the passing of Idgie, a female red panda who died on April 2 at the geriatric age of nearly 14. Jackie’s move to Atlanta was recommended by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums’ (AZA) Red Panda Species Survival Plan® (SSP), which makes breeding recommendations or, as in Jackie’s case, housing recommendations, that support the continued success of the species for future generations.
Red Panda Network in a conservation initiative to restore red panda habitat in western
