Blog – Page 16 – 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 12, 2020

Horticulture Rooting For Flowers

The first day of spring is in one week, but the Virginia Zoo’s Horticulture team has been preparing for spring plantings for months! Now that...

March 9, 2020

Animal Arrivals A Zeke Peek At Our Newest Ambassador

New at the Zoo is Zeke, the eclectus parrot! This fifteen-year-old avian was recently acquired by the Zoo in early January and will soon become an...

March 4, 2020

Kulture City Zoo Offers Sensory Inclusive Experience

The Virginia Zoo has partnered with KultureCity to make Zoo grounds and programs sensory inclusive. This new initiative will promote an accommodating...

February 27, 2020

Baby Animals Meet Luther!

The Virginia Zoo welcomes it’s first-ever Malayan tapir baby who was born shortly after 8 pm on January 20, 2020. The male calf was named...

February 26, 2020

Animeals Pandimeals

Many of the animals received special enrichment in honor of Valentine’s Day this month – from kissing booths to browse feeders, and boxes...

February 14, 2020

Tales of the Tails Shades Of Gray

Imagine you’re walking through the Virginia Zoo’s World of Reptiles exhibit space. You’ve seen dozens of cold-blooded species, but...

February 12, 2020

Education Year Of The Turtle

They’ve been roaming the earth and surfing the seas for at least 220 million years, and now it’s finally time to properly shell-ebrate them!...

February 3, 2020

Animal Births Move Over Groundhogs, It’s All About Armadillos

While most people waited to hear a verdict for “spring” or “more winter” weather on Groundhog Day, the Virginia Zoo celebrated Armadillo Day,...

January 31, 2020

Animeals Just Browsing Around

For International Zebra Day, Chef Yohn decided to see if the Zoo’s four Hartmann’s mountain zebra would step outside of the box (pun...