The Virginia Zoo is poised to launch the $10 million first phase of a long-range master plan that aims to put it on par with the biggest and best zoos nationwide and draw an estimated 200,000 more ...

NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — It’s opening week for the Virginia Zoo, with the public officially allowed back on Thursday, after the zoo opened for members only on Monday through Wednesday. But the reopening ...

NORFOLK, Va. — The Norfolk Zoo announced the birth of a two-toed sloth Tuesday afternoon. The unnamed baby, born on March 8, is the first offspring for its mother, Honey, and father, Mervin. Dr.

NORFOLK, Va. — The Virginia Zoo in Norfolk is working on a special project that entails putting stickers on eastern monarchs to learn new things about the butterflies. There are two main thoroughfares ...

NORFOLK, VA. (WAVY) — Come November, Virginia Zoo will be hosting different kinds of animals — the inflatable ones. “Zoolumination” is coming to the Zoo with the facility’s first-ever “zoo drive-thru” ...

NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — Zina the southern white rhinoceros has given birth to another baby rhino at the Virginia Zoo in Norfolk. The new roughly 100-pound female calf, which has yet to be named, was ...

Greg Bockheim comes from the Potawatomi Zoo in South Bend, Ind. A new director has been chosen to lead the Virginia Zoo, and he’ll take the reins this fall. Greg Bockheim, director of the Potawatomi ...

The Virginia Zoo and a Norfolk brewery have entered a symbiotic relationship. Elation Brewing has launched a lineup of beers inspired by the zoo’s animals and its mission. The beverages illustrate ...