Blog – Page 26 – 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...

December 6, 2018

Tricks of the Trade An Ambassador For Her Species

Located behind-the-scenes near the ZooLive! stage lies our Program Animal Building, or PAB for short. The animals that live in the PAB are...

November 30, 2018

Animeals Filling Their App-pie-tites

We couldn’t finish out the month of November without a little Thanksgiving holiday celebration, so last week Chef Yohn fired up the stove,...

November 28, 2018

Tales of the Tails You’re A Lizard, Caiman

Which reptile has up to a four foot long body with tail, loves being in the water and in the trees, has thick scales and the word Caiman in its...

November 20, 2018

National Day of Giving Giving Zooday

Giving Tuesday, or Giving Zooday as we call it in the animal kingdom, is TODAY! This year, on Giving Tuesday the Virginia Zoo will be Caroling for...

November 14, 2018

Orangutan Caring Week We Care About Orangutans

Orangutan Caring Week is celebrated every year during November, and it’s no coincidence that this week of honoring orangutans occurs during a...

November 2, 2018

Animeals Impeckable Taste

Beatrice the Buff Orpington chicken is one of the Zoo’s Program Animal Ambassadors. During ZooLive! stage presentations and education programs,...

October 29, 2018

Animal Birthdays Happy 1st Birthday, Emery!

Our cute little lion cub is still cute, but not so little anymore! Emery celebrated his 1st birthday on October 28 and Jennifer McNamara, the...

October 25, 2018

ZooBoo 2018 13 Tips To Make Coming To Zooboo Less Scary

ZooBoo is this weekend! Whether you’re a ZooBoo first-timer or pro, here are a few things you should know, especially since we’ve re-vamped...

October 23, 2018

Tales of the Tails Around The Croc

Halloween is around the corner, so what a better time to introduce two of the “scariest” animals at the Zoo. Once you meet them, however,...