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July 28, 2020

Animeals Early Birds Get The Worms

Mealworms. Worms for a meal. It’s as basic as it gets, but for many animals at the Virginia Zoo, these bugs are a delicacy and a main component...
April 6, 2020

Animeals Easter Egg Hunt For The Hogs

When you think of animals and items that symbolize Easter, we can bet that you think of chicks, bunnies, baskets and egg hunts. This year the...
March 19, 2020

Animeals St. Schilling’s Day

March 17 is not only the world-celebrated St. Patrick’s Day, but also Schilling the emu’s 13th birthday! Schilling lives with Lester in...
March 12, 2020

Horticulture Rooting For Flowers

The first day of spring is in one week, but the Virginia Zoo’s Horticulture team has been preparing for spring plantings for months! Now that...
February 26, 2020

Animeals Pandimeals

Many of the animals received special enrichment in honor of Valentine’s Day this month – from kissing booths to browse feeders, and boxes...
January 31, 2020

Animeals Just Browsing Around

For International Zebra Day, Chef Yohn decided to see if the Zoo’s four Hartmann’s mountain zebra would step outside of the box (pun...
November 7, 2019

Animeals Browse For The Bison

National Bison Day is an annual holiday to honor the nation’s largest land mammal, a species that has quite the history. In the 1800s, there...
September 23, 2019

Animeals Rabbit Food

It’s International Rabbit Day and what better way to celebrate our hoppy friends than with a feast of their favorite things to munch on from...
July 17, 2019

Animeals One Big Bite

Yesterday was World Snake Day and we decided to take advantage of a unique Animeals opportunity. In case you aren’t familiar with how snakes...
June 28, 2019

Animeals Toucan Do It!

Chef Yohn has been MIA (or just on vacation) but the animals at the Zoo still have to be fed! During his absence, there is plenty of work still...
May 10, 2019

Animeals One Of A Rind

At the Virginia Zoo, staff like to celebrate as many animal holidays and birthdays as possible. While we will be celebrating Endangered Species Day...
April 26, 2019

Animeals Smash Cakes

Dora and Diego are two of the Zoo’s Screaming hairy armadillos. The siblings are celebrating their second birthdays on Saturday, April 27, so...