Zoo Atlanta

One way that zoos help in conserving species is using a tool known as “head starting.” Head starting is essentially rearing animals up to a certain age or size so that they are past their vulnerable young stages to, in theory, give them a better chance to survive and reproduce when released into the wild. Zoo Atlanta has been involved with a number of these programs over the ...

Plans change, the weather doesn’t always cooperate, and life happens. With the launch of Zoo Atlanta’s all-new Any Day Ticket, guests can take advantage of the ultimate in
visit flexibility – purchase today and visit any day.

Now available on zooatlanta.org, the Any Day Ticket, which remains valid through February 28, 2027, takes the guesswork –...

Hey all, this is Logan with the Herpetology Team here at Zoo Atlanta. Today, I wanted to write a little about two reptiles of day and night that you might find here among our Scaly Slimy Spectacular inhabitants very soon. These are the Henkel’s leaf-tailed gecko and the giant day gecko, both native to the humid forests of Madagascar. While both are geckos living in the same s...

Before coming to Zoo Atlanta, armadillos were not even on my radar. I mean I knew what an armadillo was, but I just vaguely thought of them as weird, armored things digging holes and eating bugs. My first interaction with a live armadillo happened while I was still working in the Education Department. I took our male southern three banded armadillo Finnegan on encounter and j...

Some of the animal kingdom’s “gross” animals and behaviors aren’t so gross after all when we contemplate their roles in survival and maintaining healthy ecosystems. Appreciate the under-appreciated at Grossology Day on Sunday, July 12, 2026.

Get the details on yucky diets, the scoop on poop, and much more with a day full of family activities exploring these vital aspec...