Blog – Page 33 – 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...

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...

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...

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...

March 9, 2018

Baby Animals Hello, Athena!

The Zoo’s zebra herd is growing. Abby, the 16-year-old Hartmann’s mountain zebra gave birth to “Athena,” a female foal on Monday, March 5,...

March 5, 2018

Education Reasons To Become A Safari Camper

It may still be chilly out, but we at the Virginia Zoo are gearing up for another fabulous year of Safari Camp! Explore mythical monsters, crack zoo...

March 1, 2018

Lola's Departure All Grown Up

Lola, the Virginia Zoo’s five-and-a-half-year-old female siamang has reached maturity and is ready to leave the family group. A siamang family...

February 22, 2018

Tales of the Tails Beary Cool Animals

The Virginia Zoo has two pairs of bears, moon bear brothers Thai and Chai, and sun bear couple Palu and Suntil. For this edition of Tales of the...

February 21, 2018

Baby Animals Emery Is On Exhibit!

Making his exhibit debut today along side mom, Zola, Emery thoroughly enjoyed exploring his new outdoor home! Currently the lions are rotating...

February 16, 2018

Animeals Daily Diets For The Animals

Sometimes Zoo Chef Yohn gets to be creative with food by making special treats for the animals, but on most days he spends his time slicing, dicing...