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Nine young Madagascar flat-tailed tortoises, their dark shells marked with pale yellow starburst patterns, spread out across bark mulch and green leaves at Zoo Knoxville. Several carry a small dot of colored paint on the shell.

Conservation Projects

Ten Tortoises Hatched, and a National Award for Knoxville

Zoo Knoxville has won the Association of Zoos and Aquariums’ Edward H. Bean ...

Two African lion cubs lie stretched out together on a grey fleece blanket in an indoor care room, one resting its head across the other's shoulder, both still showing the dark rosette spots on their faces and legs.

North America

Zoo Knoxville’s Lion Pride Is Now Five

Zoo Knoxville has two new African lion cubs. Sammie and Sika, both males, ...

An albino American alligator with cream-white skin rests on sand beneath the fronds of a fan palm, its head raised at right and one front foot forward. Visitors are visible out of focus through the glass behind it.

Conservation Projects

The Alligator That Cannot Hide

Zoo Knoxville has an American alligator on exhibit that is the color of ...