Blog – Page 23 – 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...

April 9, 2019

Baby Animals Babies Big And Small Born At The Zoo

The Zoo is kicking off Spring with two new babies – a bongo calf and porcupette were recently born and can soon been seen on exhibit. A Cape...

April 4, 2019

Zoo Horticulture Every Rose Has Its Thorns

The Zoo’s Rose Garden is undergoing a renovation that entails removing all roses from the location. This garden has been plagued with Rose...

April 2, 2019

Zoo Gift Shop Conservation-savvy Gift Shop Purchases

No trip to the Zoo is complete without visiting the Gift Shop and picking out a souvenir to take home. Whether you’re more into something you...

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 13, 2019

EdZOOcation Series Wildest Days At The Zoo In 2019

Our EdZOOcation and Animal Appreciation Days are back again by popular demand! More than 12,600 people of all ages came to last year’s events,...

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...

March 7, 2019

Zoo Events Enjoy Breakfast With The Animals

Breakfast with the Animals is one of the Zoo’s most popular events of the year. Why? It’s an exclusive opportunity to enjoy breakfast at the...