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 ...

Zoo Atlanta is located a mile south of Oakland Cemetery in Grant Park. No Atlanta Streetcar stops or MARTA train stations are available within walking distance, but the No. 832 bus stops by the ...

Zoo Atlanta is still open when it rains ... The City of Atlanta has a parking fee at both the Cherokee Avenue and Grant Park ...

Popular Eastside attractions range from kid-friendly locales like Grant Park's Zoo Atlanta to Sweet Auburn's Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historical Park, a protected area that features the ...

the city drained the pond and turned it into a parking lot for the zoo. From the 1880s to the mid-20th century, Atlantans spent summers cooling off at Lake Abana in Grant Park. Alongside it were a ...

ATLANTA - Zoo Atlanta announced early Monday morning that it would delay its opening until noon due to "unseasonably cold temperatures." The zoo has also announced its gates would be closed to ...

ATLANTA — In response to the extreme cold coming through the metro Atlanta area, Zoo Atlanta says they’ll be opening later in the day than normal. Rather than their usual start time of 9 a.m ...

Zoo Atlanta's newest addition is Titan the African elephant. Sixteen-year-old Titan came to Atlanta from a Kansas zoo on the recommendation of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums. The zoo now ...

ATLANTA — For Monday’s frigid temperatures, Zoo Atlanta opened later than normal. Now, we know Zoo Atlanta will be closed Tuesday due to the potential for winter weather. “Due to continued ...

Zoo Atlanta announced it was committing itself ... to protect the biodiverse habitat of Mt. Cameroon National Park, home to a fragile population of endangered drill monkeys. The project was ...

A new 16-year-old African elephant named Titan arrived at Zoo Atlanta this week from Sedgwick County Zoo in Wichita, Kansas. The 8,200-pound elephant was born in South Africa in Eswatini and was ...

ATLANTA - Zoo Atlanta announced early Monday morning that it would delay its opening until noon due to "unseasonably cold temperatures." The zoo has also announced its gates would be closed to ...