Blog - Page 9 of 49 - Virginia Zoo

May 22, 2023

Have you heard the term “browse” being used in zoos? Browse is a term used for natural plant material that an animal is provided for consumption...

May 9, 2023

Lovejoy, the Zoo’s juvenile siamang, was born to mother Malana and father Bali on June 26, 2022. As with all animals born at the zoo, keepers have...

March 20, 2021

There are more than 100 different species of poison dart frogs. These types of frogs didn’t earn their name from speed, but rather from...

March 17, 2021

Clover is one of the Zoo’s two miniature zebu, a smaller breed of cattle. Recently, on March 11, Clover turned five years old! Chef Yohn...

March 12, 2021

The Virginia Zoo’s two newest additions are otterly adorable. Asian small-clawed otters Puba and Alana arrived last month as social companions as...

March 4, 2021

Meet Chef Yohn, the Keeper who is primarily responsible for slicing, dicing, chopping and preparing the food for the Virginia Zoo’s animals,...

February 17, 2021

What is a duiker? “Duiker” is most likely an unfamiliar term in your animal vocabulary but fear not, we can clarify what this animal is...

February 5, 2021

Zoo Keepers have many responsibilities – feeding the animals, providing enrichment opportunities, cleaning, performing exhibit maintenance,...

January 14, 2021

Virginia Zoo Keepers are delighted to welcome a newborn Masai giraffe calf born on January 11, 2021. At birth, the baby weighed 148.5 pounds, and...

January 8, 2021

Visible from the boardwalk overlooking the tapir habitat is the Zoo’s Cinereous vulture exhibit where guests can once more see the Zoo’s...

January 5, 2021

Just as the actors in old-time movies often had to be what is called a triple threat – able to sing, act and dance – the sarus crane also does...