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July 19, 2021

Zoo News First-ever White Rhino Calf Born At The Virginia Zoo

The Virginia Zoo is proud to announce the historic birth of its first-ever Southern white rhinoceros, born to mom, Zina, and dad, Sibindi, on...

July 13, 2021

A happy Northern Tree Shew living at the Virginia Zoo

Species Survival As Shrew Like It

Relationships are hard, but in the animal kingdom things can be even more difficult when trying to find a mate There isn’t an app to download or a...

April 23, 2021

Volunteer Appreciation Alison The Zoo Crew Volunteer

We're continuing our Volunteer Appreciation Week celebration with an interview with Alison, a Zoo Crew Volunteer who has been volunteering with the...

April 21, 2021

Volunteer Appreciation Sue The Zoo Crew Volunteer

"I came to volunteer here at the Zoo in 2016 with the hope of becoming a husbandry volunteer in the ZooFarm Since there was a requirement of...

April 19, 2021

Volunteer Appreciation Gill’s Decades As A Zoo Volunteer

Gill has been volunteering for the Master Gardeners at the Virginia Zoo since 1991 Yep, he's been a volunteer here for 30 years officially on April...

April 9, 2021

Tales of the Tails We’re Stumped On A Title For This Blog

Just kidding, we knew exactly what we wanted to call this month's Tales of the Tails blog, featuring one of our coolest bird species, but we also...

April 7, 2021

Animeals Belated Birthday Bouquet

She's big, beautiful, has experience with babies and recently celebrated her birthday - it's Imara the giraffe! This experienced mother, who recently...

March 29, 2021

Take Action Explore Norfolk’s Backyard Like Never Before

Your Zoo, parks and trails are calling you to see, play or ride this spring - right in your own backyard Connecting with nature is proven to boost...

March 20, 2021

Tales of the Tails Pure Mint Gold

There are more than 100 different species of poison dart frogs These types of frogs didn't earn their name from speed, but rather from traditional...

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 decided to...

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...