Seven Delmarva-region commercial operations have now reported cases of the highly contagious virus.

Two cranes cared for by the Metro Richmond Zoo are dead after they became sick with bird flu. Bird flu, otherwise known as ...

The two cranes passed away from the disease. The affected birds did not live in an aviary that shares a common space with the ...

The Metro Richmond Zoo in Virginia is offering 30-minute meet-and-greets with its new baby pygmy hippo Poppy through February.

Iris and “New Deng” (trademark pending) have been relocated to a private hay-filled enclosure for the time being, which will ...

The zoo says the birds did not live in any of its aviaries, where the public shares a common space with birds.

A deceased crane at the Metro Richmond Zoo tested positive for H5 bird flu on Thursday, while a second crane presumptively ...

On Dec. 9, just two weeks before Christmas, a baby pygmy hippo was born at the zoo in Richmond, Virginia. The baby girl is the third hippo calf born to Metro Richmond Zoo resident pygmy hippos ...

A public vote has opened to name the Metro Richmond Zoo's newborn female pygmy hippopotamus calf. The calf was born on Dec. 9, according to a Christmas Eve news release from the Virginia-based zoo.

From 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., you can watch the baby internet sensation play in her pool with her mom at the Metro Richmond Zoo.

NEW BEDFORD, Mass. (WLNE) — The Buttonwood Park Zoo is mourning the loss of its ambassador animal, Odin the Virginia opossum.

DC Transit Day at the National Capital Trolley Museum: Sat., 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Colesville, $12.75 Mosaic Polar Plunge benefitting Special Olympics Virginia: Sat., plunge begins at 1:15 p.m., Fairfax, ...