Hello, it’s Allie, a member of the Primate Care Team. Have you ever noticed the way our 3-year-old gorilla, Mijadala, chases after her siblings in the family
Unlike our own hands, the skin on gorillas’ hands has a tough layer of keratin that
Zoo Atlanta is currently home to one of the largest populations of gorillas in North America.
Gorillas’ faces, hands, and feet are bare, but the rest of their bodies are covered
Hello Zoo people! My name is Allie, and I am a member of the Gorilla Care Team here at Zoo Atlanta. Today I’m going to teach you about a few of the physical
to truly walk like a gorilla, we would also have to walk on the knuckles of our hands
I’m a recent addition at Zoo Atlanta and have been a Seasonal Keeper with Birds and Program Animals at the World of Wild Theater for the last month. I worked
Our parrots are trained to step up to our hands, into their kennels, and back to
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.
ponds, and the males defend their territories and attract mates by waving their hands
Kosher catering in Atlanta is a reality at Zoo Atlanta. With beautiful natural and exotic views, we’re the ideal spot for your kosher event.
food trend, we trust that every element of your kosher food experience is in great hands
Yesterday, we fed out the last of the bamboo shoots for this season. The pandas and the keepers are totally bummed that shoot season has come to its
pandas to adjust to not having shoots, so we will have four grumpy pandas on our hands
With the recent warm weather, all of the beautiful plants on Zoo grounds are starting to grow and flower. This time of year is especially exciting for the
If they are anything like Lun Lun and Yang Yang, we’re going to need all hands on
Lately I’ve been writing about panda-related research: why giant pandas may have their particular black-and-white patterning and how their eye patches may
her paw on the window to watch us work, and we just HAD to go over and match our hands
You know breeding season is in full swing when everything in the flamingo habitat is covered in mud, including the flamingos! This is because flamingo nests,
on the search for the perfect quality dirt and clay and once we finally get our hands
