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March 27, 2024

Zoo News Know Before You Go: Spring Break At The Zoo

Planning a Hampton Roads staycation for spring break this year? Here’s what to know before making your plans to visit the Virginia Zoo! The...

March 22, 2024

Zoo News World Of Reptiles Conservatory Reopens

The World of Reptiles & Friends is one of the most unique experiences the Virginia Zoo has to offer. When you walk through the front doors, you...

November 20, 2017

Animeals Season’s Feedings Recipes

“Season’s Greetings” takes a twist this week as Chef Yohn, with the help of our awesome ZooFarm Keepers, give some of our animals...

November 15, 2017

Horticulture Our Plight With Fire Blight

The Zoo’s orchard, located within the Animal Wellness Campus, has been hit hard by a destructive disease which has affected all of the Asian...

November 13, 2017

Animal Wellness More About Diallo And His Condition

Many questions surrounding Diallo’s condition have been asked in the past couple of days regarding why certain treatment methods were not performed...

November 10, 2017

Animal Wellness Virginia Zoo Mourns The Loss Of Watusi

The Virginia Zoo is saddened to announce its five-year-old watusi, Diallo, was euthanized this week. As reported earlier this year, Diallo was...

November 7, 2017

Animal Arrivals Welcome Sibindi: Third Endangered White Rhino

The Virginia Zoo is excited to welcome a male rhino. The 11-year-old male, Sibindi, arrived at the Zoo this weekend from White Oak Conservation...

November 6, 2017

Tales of the Tails The People Of The Forest

We’re not monkeying around…. Orangutans aren’t monkeys! They are primates, but orangutans, gibbons, siamangs, chimpanzees and...

October 30, 2017

Bat Appreciation Month They’re Up To Bat

Love sitting outside, but hate those mosquitoes? Love gardening, but hate those garden pests who eat your plants? Love bananas, peaches, and corn?...

October 25, 2017

Plant Donations Friendly Foliage

Reptile Keepers at the Virginia Zoo are still looking for your unwanted indoor plants to create habitats in the Zoo’s World of Reptiles. This time...

October 22, 2017

Tales of the Tails Attention Hogs

Do you remember the story about the three little pigs who each had a house made of either straw, sticks or bricks? A mean wolf ended up blowing down...