Blog – Page 37 – 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...

November 7, 2017

Animal Arrivals Welcome Sibindi: Third Endangered White Rhino

The Virginia Zoo is excited to welcome a male rhino. The 11-year-old male, Sibindi, arrived at the Zoo this weekend from White Oak Conservation...

November 6, 2017

Tales of the Tails The People Of The Forest

We’re not monkeying around…. Orangutans aren’t monkeys! They are primates, but orangutans, gibbons, siamangs, chimpanzees and...

October 30, 2017

Bat Appreciation Month They’re Up To Bat

Love sitting outside, but hate those mosquitoes? Love gardening, but hate those garden pests who eat your plants? Love bananas, peaches, and corn?...

October 25, 2017

Plant Donations Friendly Foliage

Reptile Keepers at the Virginia Zoo are still looking for your unwanted indoor plants to create habitats in the Zoo’s World of Reptiles. This time...

October 22, 2017

Tales of the Tails Attention Hogs

Do you remember the story about the three little pigs who each had a house made of either straw, sticks or bricks? A mean wolf ended up blowing down...

October 11, 2017

National Fossil Day Can You Dig It?

Today is National Fossil Day, an annual holiday that helps promote the scientific and educational values of fossils! What is a fossil? A fossil is...

October 6, 2017

Animeals Chomping Grounds

Chompers, the Virginia Zoo’s only Cape porcupine currently in training as an Animal Ambassador, is arguably one of the most adorable program...

September 30, 2017

Conservation Pangolin Conservation Update

There are eight species of Pangolin – 4 species found in Africa and 4 species found in Asia. All eight species are threatened with extinction...

September 26, 2017

Exhibit Additions A Fresh Start

While most of the Zoo’s reptile collection will have to wait until February to move into their exhibits, one slow-and-steady reptile has...