He donated the animals—including a hyena, a jaguar, and a camel—to the city of Atlanta. A hundred acres were reserved to house them in a new zoo at Grant Park. Forty years later the zoo’s ...

Grace Sheng and her husband Evan Affinito drove three hours from Columbia, South Carolina, to wish Zoo Atlanta’s four giant pandas farewell this past Saturday. At noon, they were greeted by a ...

Zoo Atlanta is celebrating a "giant" milestone of having their pandas for 25 years! Although officials previously announced the giant pandas will be heading back to China at the end of the year ...

The pandas boarded their flight on the morning of Oct. 12, marking the end of an era at Zoo Atlanta. This move is part of the longstanding panda agreement between the U.S. and China. The four ...

but also for everyone who has had the opportunity to get to know and learn from the pandas over the years,” Zoo Atlanta ...

Willie Nelson. Lou Reed ... But after the company filed for bankruptcy in 1981 and the Atlanta store closed, the prints were unceremoniously destroyed, says Cochran, “smashed to bits in a ...

Officials previously said the complex cost $22 million.

ATLANTA — Zoo Atlanta is partnering with the Georgia Center of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing to host American Sign Language (ASL) Family Day. The event will take place Saturday, Oct. 2 from 9 a.m ...

What sets Atlanta's zoo apart from other wildlife exhibits is its panda population: Zoo Atlanta is one of only three zoos in the U.S. housing giant pandas. The rare bears are a favorite among ...

All active-duty, reserves, veterans, and retired members of the U.S. Armed Forces will receive free admission to Zoo Atlanta; valid military ID required at Zoo Admissions. Regular admission rates ...

Zoo Atlanta is asking for your help naming its new baby sloth. On August 9, a new baby sloth was born to Cocoa and Nutella at the zoo. The Zoo Atlanta has not decided on a name for the new sloth ...

Willie B. Sherman Sr. and Mary Alice McCray. He was a proud and distinguished graduate of Crooms Academy class of 1961, where he was the smallest one in the athletics department but earned his ...