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Blog
July 26, 2024
Zoo News
National Zookeeper Week 2024
The Virginia Zoo’s animal care professionals work across 7 distinct teams and all have different specialties. To celebrate their hard work...
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June 28, 2024
Zoo News
The Zoo Spells Conservation With 3 C’s
The animals you will encounter during a visit to the Virginia Zoo are remarkable in every way: they are beautiful, they represent species from...
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April 16, 2018
Animeals
A Birthday Gift To Chomp On
Chompers is one of the Virginia Zoo’s newest animal ambassadors, and the only Cape porcupine in the program. Believe it or not, this little spiky...
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April 11, 2018
Baby Animals
Zoo Orangutan Is Pregnant
The Virginia Zoo is thrilled to announce that one of its critically endangered female orangutans is pregnant. This will be the first offspring for...
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April 3, 2018
EdZOOcation Series
Edzoocate Yourself
Join us this year for our two new education series: EdZOOcation and Animal Appreciation Days! Learning is always an adventure at the Virginia Zoo!...
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March 30, 2018
Volunteers
Students “chews” To Volunteer At Zoo By Scraping Gum
Braving the chilly and windy weather, 22 students and five teachers from the Nansemond-Suffolk Academy volunteered their time to remove chewing gum...
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March 28, 2018
Emery the Lion Cub
Five Months And Fierce
Emery the lion cub is now five months old! Emery continues to go out on the main exhibit with parents Zola and Mramba, depending on the weather. He...
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March 26, 2018
Baby Animals
Betty The Bongo Has A Boy!
Virginia Zoo Keepers are delighted to share the birth of a new baby bongo Friday morning. The calf, a male, was born to mom Betty on Friday, March...
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March 20, 2018
Tales of the Tails
Leaps And Bounds
Hop on in for another great edition of Tales of the Tails, the blog series that features one of the many species of animals you can find right here...
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March 16, 2018
Animeals
Lettuce Celebrate
Saturday, March 17th is a very special day for one very big bird. It’s Schilling the emu’s 10th birthday! Schilling lives with two other...
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March 14, 2018
Animal Wellness
Meet The Patients: Chester And Rico
Name: Chester and Rico Sex: Males Species: Cheetah Age: DOB 10/6/13 (4 years, 5 months) Weight: Chester 101 lb; Rico 106 lb Reason for...
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