Zoo Atlanta

Bird Boom
Bird Boom
James Ballance
August 13, 2009
01:00:24
Zoo Atlanta Curator of Birds James Balance discusses the zoo's avian baby boom during a 2009 Discovery Talk. Tweeting of the old-fashioned kind, not the new media sort, is big at Zoo Atlanta, where four bird species have become parents in August.
Daniel Beck: Gila Monsters Do Good!
Daniel D. Beck
November 6, 2008
00:58:39
Daniel D. Beck, professor of biology at Central Washington University, presents gila monsters and beaded lizards as two of the most intriguing lizard species in existence. Both are venomous, but their danger to humans is often misunderstood.
Meet the Atlanta Zookeepers
Lisa Smith
June 12, 2008
01:24:17
Zookeepers Lisa Smith, Laura Mayo, and Joseph Mendelson lead a presentation of Behind-the-Scenes at Zoo Atlanta: Making a Difference at Home and Around the World.
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Into Myanmar: A Tiger's Eyeview
Alan Rabinowitz
April 24, 2008
01:14:42
Dr. Alan Rabinowitz takes us inside the cyclone-devastated and virtually closed-off nation of Myanmar for a unique view of tigers' fight for survival.
Amphibians in Crisis
Jeffrey P. Bonner
March 27, 2008
01:01:31
Dr. Jeffrey Bonner, president and CEO of the St. Louis Zoo, tells how amphibians are becoming extinct at an increasingly rapid rate. Scientists across the globe have gathered evidence to assert that humanity could be facing one of the biggest amphibian extinction crises of recent times.
Gorilla Conservation and the Karisoke Center
Katie Fawcett
November 13, 2007
01:04:50
Katie Fawcett speaks about the current conservation status of gorillas and the Karisoke Center, which celebrated its 40th anniversary this year and is one of the longest running field research programs in the world.
Natural History, Aesthetics, and Conservation
Harry W. Greene
May 23, 2007
01:05:06
Harry W. Greene discusses what there is to like about snakes, frogs, and crocodiles using the insights of Charles Darwin and Immanuel Kant.
Zoo Atlanta
Atlanta, GA