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A man and a woman stand either side of a large blue banner reading 12th International Penguin Conference 2026, 31 August to 4 September.

Africa & Middle East

Not One Penguin Species Is Currently Doing Well

Two people from a South African conservation trust went to the world’s main ...

Promotional graphic for Ice Age Invasion showing a woolly mammoth with long curved tusks and shaggy brown hair standing among cracked blue ice

Events

A Woolly Mammoth Moves In at the Metro Richmond Zoo

The Metro Richmond Zoo has put a woolly mammoth in the woods behind ...

Two spotted hyenas move together across their habitat at Woodland Park Zoo, tan coats marked with dark spots, the nearer animal walking with its head lowered toward the ground.

Conservation Projects

Hyenas Are Back at Woodland Park Zoo After 25 Years

Spotted hyenas are back at Woodland Park Zoo after 25 years. Two males, ...

A newborn reticulated giraffe calf with a fuzzy dark mane stands close beside its mother, whose patterned flank fills the left of the frame

North America

Reticulated Giraffe Calf Born at Metro Richmond Zoo

Giraffes give birth standing up, and the calf falls about six feet to ...

A young pygmy hippo with wet dark gray skin and a pink muzzle walks through green grass, its mouth slightly open

Conservation Projects

Poppy Turns One, and $50,000 Goes to Wild Hippos

Poppy the pygmy hippo turned one on December 9, 2025, and the Metro ...

A Diana monkey sits on bare packed earth, seen from the side with its head turned to the camera, showing a black face, a cream-white throat and beard, a grizzled gray body and a dark chestnut patch across the lower back

Conservation Projects

A ZAA Award for 39 Diana Monkeys in Virginia

The Metro Richmond Zoo took the Zoological Association of America’s 2025 Long-Term Commitment ...

An adult female cheetah sits upright in tall green grass with five spotted cubs gathered around her, a chain-link habitat fence and trees behind them

Conservation Projects

Six Cheetah Cubs, and 167 Born at This Virginia Zoo

Six cheetah cubs walked out onto the public habitat at the Metro Richmond ...

Conservation Projects