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Three "Norfolk Treasures" — downtown's Nauticus maritime museum, the Virginia Zoo, and the Norfolk Botanical Garden — are ...
NORFOLK, Va. — The Virginia Zoo is calling on Hampton Roads artists to show off their talents in a redesign of its mermaid statue. The mermaid statue, which currently features a tiger-striped ...
Throughout the month of, Nauticus, the Virginia Zoo and Norfolk Botanical Garden are teaming up for a membership swap. According to a release, from Sept. 1 through Sept. 30, members of either the ...
To help ease those doctor visit nerves, the Virginia Zoo is helping your kids become fearless at its third annual Teddy Bear ...
A proposed addition to the Virginia Zoo in Norfolk includes a “tree top trail” that would let red pandas and other critters scurry over the heads of visitors.
NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) – The Virginia Zoo in Norfolk is asking for the public’s help in naming their newest member, a baby Bornean orangutan! The critically-endangered orangutan was born on June ...
NORFOLK, Va. — The Virginia Zoo has welcomed a new addition to its endangered Bornean orangutan family. The orangutan was born on June 29 at 5:45 a.m.
NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) – The Virginia Zoo announced the newest addition to their herd on Thursday! According to the zoo, in the early morning hours of Feb. 27, 9-year-old Savannah, a Western ...
The Virginia Zoo announced Thursday night that Alana, a 5-year-old Asian small-clawed otter, passed away over the weekend.
The Virginia Zoo in Norfolk has welcomed the newest member of its primate residences: a baby Bornean orangutan.
On Wednesday, the Virginia Zoo and Norfolk city leaders broke ground on its new Macon and Joan Brock EdVenture & Exploration Campus, just east of the zoo’s fountain plaza.
The Virginia Zoo announced Wednesday that it has begun a large-scale construction campaign to build a new education center and rhino valley at the Norfolk campus.