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June 22, 2026

Zoo News National Pollinator Week Is The Bee’s Knees

We’re buzzing with excitement for the Pollinator Partnership’s National Pollinator Week hosted from June 22 to June 28, 2026! Celebrated during...

June 9, 2026

Zoo News New Birds In The Virginia Zoo Flock

The Virginia Zoo recently introduced three new bird species to our growing collection of feathered friends. Read on to learn more about these new...

February 11, 2022

Explore the Zoo Tropical Getaway At The Zoo!

Completion of the Zoo’s Conservatory has been wrapped up for a few weeks now, and we thought this would be a great time to give you all the details...

February 3, 2022

Zoo News Virginia Zoo Removes Birds From Habitats To Protect Against Avian Flu

NORFOLK, VA – Cases of avian flu (Eurasian H5 HPAI) have been confirmed in wild birds in Virginia, specifically counties surrounding the Virginia...

December 21, 2021

Down to Earth Hiber-nature

Winter is officially here which means it’s time to hibernate! For some background, the word “hibernation” is derived from the Latin word...

December 17, 2021

Tales of the Tails They Won’t Bug You

Ugly sweater day is the one day where everyone appreciates the way you look. Therefore, it is only fitting to let some of what humans consider as...

November 24, 2021

Zoo News A Ssspecial Snake

One of the largest of its kind, the Burmese python is a species of snake native to jungles and scrublands of Burma, Malaysia and Thailand. On...

October 12, 2021

Tales of the Tails Toucan Do It!

The toucan is widely recognized for being the iconic symbol for a popular cereal brand, but did you know there are actually around 35 different...

September 21, 2021

sloth using paintbrush to paint on canvas

Tricks of the Trade Sloth “trey”ning

Trey, the Zoo’s first-ever sloth baby born in 2020, found new independence from mom Honey and dad Mervin a few months ago, and is officially...

September 13, 2021

New Arrivals We’re Nuts Over Our New Arrivals!

The Virginia ZooFarm residents are getting squirrelly over their new friends, Diana and Kelapa. These two new additions are Prevost squirrels, native...

August 13, 2021

Tales of the Tails It’s Not A Worm, It’s Not A Snake, It’s A… Lizard?

Nope. Your eyes are not deceiving you. There are hundreds, thousands of strange creatures on our planet, and some of them include lizards that have...