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January 16, 2026

Zoo News Blast Into The Virginia Zoo’s Past: Celebrating 125 Wild Years

In 1892, the City of Norfolk purchased 65 acres of land which were officially designated as Lafayette Park in 1899. Throughout 1900, Lafayette Park...

November 21, 2025

Zoo News A Week In The Life Of A Global Protagonist

The Virginia Zoo Conservation and Research Grant offers staff the opportunity to engage in on-site conservation projects and community science...

April 26, 2019

Animeals Smash Cakes

Dora and Diego are two of the Zoo’s Screaming hairy armadillos. The siblings are celebrating their second birthdays on Saturday, April 27, so...

April 18, 2019

Wellness Between Animals And People

Working with animals may look and sound like a fun job, and while it is rewarding, it’s a very serious business. Zoo Keepers are responsible for...

April 12, 2019

Tales of the Tails Birds Of A Feather

Several of the Virginia Zoo’s Africa Okavango exhibits are unique in that animals representing multiple species often live with each other,...

March 27, 2019

ANIMEALS Not Your Typigal Meal

Oboi, the Zoo’s red river hog turns 12 today! In honor his birthday and St. Patrick’s Day, the chefs at the Diet Kitchen were inspired to make...

March 21, 2019

Skull Lab A Bone To Pick

Scientists use many types of clues to study and understand different environments, especially the types of animals that live in certain ecosystems....

March 20, 2019

Climates Welcome To The Jungle

There’s a famous song, “Welcome to the jungle, it has tons of rain”, or at least that’s what the lyrics should have said!...

March 11, 2019

Tales of the Tails How Now, Brown Cow?

The ZooFarm is one of the most diverse areas of the Zoo, but not because of its brightly colored buildings. More than a dozen species from nearly...

February 28, 2019

Zoo Horticulture As The Worm Turns

Coming soon to the ZooFarm are our new composting bins! The Zoo’s Horticulture Department will use vegetable scraps from the Zoo’s Animal...

February 22, 2019

Departures and Arrivals Changes For The Cheetahs

After almost three years at the Virginia Zoo, cheetahs Chester and Rico are leaving to head across country in search of mates. The brothers, who came...