African Savanna Zoo Atlanta's African Savanna, opened in 2019 as part of the Zoo's Grand New View transformation, houses wildlife native to the grasslands and desert of Africa, including
African elephants,
lions,
giraffes,
plains zebras,
ostriches,
warthogs,
meerkats,
white rhinos,
kori bustards, and a
bontebok.
Scaly Slimy Spectacular: The Amphibian and Reptile Experience Opened in 2015, Scaly Slimy Spectacular: The Amphibian and Reptile Experience was the world's first LEED Gold-certified amphibian and reptile complex. The complex, which replaced the Zoo's former World of Reptiles, is home to more than 200 animals representing more than 70 species. Notable reproductive successes include
Arakan forest turtles, a critically endangered species harvested nearly to extinction for food and traditional medicine. A rare Guatemalan beaded lizard hatched at Zoo Atlanta in March 2012. A critically endangered bog turtle hatched at Zoo Atlanta in 2022 for the first time in 30 years.
List of animals Amphibians •
Black-legged poison frog •
Dyeing poison dart frog •
Evergreen toad •
Green and black poison dart frog •
Lemur leaf frog •
Panamanian golden frog •
Red-eyed tree frog •
Strawberry poison-dart frog •
Titicaca water frog •
White-spotted glass frog Reptiles •
Alligator snapping turtle •
Amazon tree boa •
Banded rock rattlesnake •
Black beaded lizard •
Blood python •
Boa constrictor •
Boelen's python •
Burmese star tortoise •
Centralian rough knob-tailed gecko •
Corn snake •
Diamondback terrapin •
Eastern diamondback rattlesnake •
Eastern indigo snake •
Eastern Pilbara spiny-tailed skink •
Emerald tree monitor •
Eyelash viper •
Fiji banded iguana •
Gaboon viper •
Green anaconda •
Green tree python •
Guatemalan beaded lizard •
Jamaican boa •
Jamaican iguana •
Louisiana pinesnake •
McCord's box turtle •
Mexican box turtle •
Mexican cantil •
Neotropical bird snake •
Northern caiman lizard •
Pancake tortoise •
Papuan python •
Pine snake •
Plumed basilisk •
Prehensile-tailed skink •
Red spitting cobra •
Reticulated python •
Spexkled rattlesnake •
Sri Lankan green pitviper •
Timber rattlesnake •
Timor python •
West African slender-snouted crocodile •
Yellow-blotched map turtle Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation Giant Panda Conservation Center From 1999 to 2024, Zoo Atlanta was one of the four institutions in the U.S. that housed
giant pandas. The zoo's pandas resided in the Zoo's Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation Giant Panda Conservation Center.
Lun Lun (female) and
Yang Yang (male) arrived in Atlanta as juveniles in 1999 and resided at the zoo on loan from
China until 2024. The pair's first cub, male Mei Lan, was born on September 6, 2006. A second cub, male
Xi Lan, was born August 30, 2008. Female Po was born November 3, 2010. Po's name was announced by actor
Jack Black in 2011; Po was named after Black's character in the DreamWorks animated film franchise
Kung Fu Panda. A fourth and a fifth cub, both female, born July 15, 2013, were the first twin pandas to be born in the U.S. since 1987. Their names were announced on
ABC's
Good Morning America on October 23, 2013; 100 days after their birth, which is a Chinese tradition. The names are Mei Lun and Mei Huan. A sixth and seventh cub, both female, were born September 3, 2016. Their names were announced on their 100th day of life: Ya Lun and Xi Lun. Like their older siblings, the twins and their parents ultimately traveled to China on October 14, 2024. Lun Lun, Yang Yang, Mei Lan, Xi Lan, Po, Mei Lun, Mei Huan, Ya Lun and Xi Lun currently reside at the
Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding in China. On April 23, 2026, Zoo Atlanta announced that they reached a new agreement with the China Wildlife Conservation Association. Two pandas - male Ping Ping and female Fu Shuang - will reside in Atlanta and future details, including dates, will be communicated by the zoo when available..
The Ford African Rain Forest Twenty-four
western lowland gorillas have been born at the zoo since the opening of
The Ford African Rain Forest in 1988. Kali and Kazi, a rare set of twins, were born at Zoo Atlanta on October 31, 2005. Zoo Atlanta also remains home to offspring of its best-known gorilla,
Willie B. (ca. 1959–2000). The zoo is also home to six of Willie B.'s grandchildren: Merry Leigh (2011) and Mijadala (2016), born to Kudzoo; Anaka (2013), born to Sukari; Andi (2013) and Floyd (2019), born to Lulu. Others reside at other accredited zoos. Other famous gorillas who have lived at Zoo Atlanta include
Ivan, who resided at the Zoo from 1994 to his passing in 2012, and
Ozzie, who lived at the Zoo from 1988 until his passing in 2022.
The Living Treehouse is an extension of
The Ford African Rain Forest completed in 2004. The exhibit houses an
aviary of African birds, as well as
black-and-white ruffed lemurs and
ring-tailed lemurs, with adjacent habitats for
Angolan colobus monkeys,
drills,
Schmidt's guenons, and
Wolf's guenons. In 2017, Zoo Atlanta introduced two
crowned lemurs.
Corridor to Change and Complex Carnivores Corridor to Change is focused on species impacted by the international
wildlife trade. The complex is home to
sun bears and
Sumatran tigers. An adjacent area, Complex Carnivores, houses
clouded leopards and
binturongs.
Asian Forest The
Asian Forest houses
giant otters, a
Komodo dragon and a
red panda, as well as
Bornean and
Sumatran orangutans. The
Orangutan Learning Tree Project, launched at Zoo Atlanta in 2007, utilizes in-habitat touch screen technology to allow orangutans to engage in computer puzzles, games and problem-solving exercises while guests observe their activities on a linked monitor.
Orkin Children's Zoo Zoo Atlanta's
Outback Station petting zoo is home to
Saanen goats,
Oberhasli goats,
Nubian goats,
Southdown babydoll sheep,
Gulf Coast sheep,
Nigerian dwarf goats, and two
kunekune pigs.
Aviaries Aviaries throughout Zoo Atlanta are home to more than 50 species. These include but are not limited to
Bali mynas,
white-headed buffalo weavers,
superb starlings,
golden pheasants,
king vultures,
hooded vultures,
Indian peafowls,
blue-throated macaws, milky eagle owls,
southern ground hornbills,
tawny frogmouths, blue-throated laughingthrushes,
blue cranes,
wattled cranes, and
white storks. Zoo Atlanta's flock of
Chilean flamingos, visible just inside the zoo entrance in Flamingo Plaza, has consistently bred and nested since 2001. ==Conservation and Research==