Blog – Page 11 – Virginia Zoo

November 15, 2024

Zoo News Orangutan Caring Week 2024

Orangutan Caring Week is a worldwide event celebrated every November to raise awareness for the conservation and care of this great ape species. This...

October 25, 2024

Zoo News The 2024 Virginia Zoo Gift Guide

Shop for everyone on your list! Looking for a gift that gives back this year? Support the Virginia Zoo and find unique, animal-themed items by...

March 17, 2021

Animeals Sweet And Salty

Clover is one of the Zoo’s two miniature zebu, a smaller breed of cattle. Recently, on March 11, Clover turned five years old! Chef Yohn...

March 12, 2021

New Arrivals Two New Otterly Adorable Additions

The Virginia Zoo’s two newest additions are otterly adorable. Asian small-clawed otters Puba and Alana arrived last month as social companions as...

March 4, 2021

Animeals The Chef’s Special

Meet Chef Yohn, the Keeper who is primarily responsible for slicing, dicing, chopping and preparing the food for the Virginia Zoo’s animals,...

February 17, 2021

Tales of the Tails Mellow Yellow

What is a duiker? “Duiker” is most likely an unfamiliar term in your animal vocabulary but fear not, we can clarify what this animal is...

February 5, 2021

Zoo Vet examines a binturong with a stethoscope

Meet the Patient Tasik’s Treatment Plan

Zoo Keepers have many responsibilities – feeding the animals, providing enrichment opportunities, cleaning, performing exhibit maintenance,...

January 14, 2021

New Arrivals Welcome The First Zoo Baby Of 2021

Virginia Zoo Keepers are delighted to welcome a newborn Masai giraffe calf born on January 11, 2021. At birth, the baby weighed 148.5 pounds, and...

January 8, 2021

New Arrivals New Bird Is The Word

Visible from the boardwalk overlooking the tapir habitat is the Zoo’s Cinereous vulture exhibit where guests can once more see the Zoo’s...

January 5, 2021

Tales of the Tails Singin’ In The Crane

Just as the actors in old-time movies often had to be what is called a triple threat – able to sing, act and dance – the sarus crane also does...

December 21, 2020

Meet the Patient Case-a-dillo

Name: Olivia Sex: Female Species: Screaming hairy armadillo Age: 6 years, 3 months Weight: 968 g (2.13 lb) Reason for Visit: Full physical...