Michelle Welch is Virginia's senior assistant attorney ... responsible for the raid that seized 95 animals from the Natural Bridge Zoo in Rockbridge County. A jury ruled that 71 of those animals ...

Pollution-reduction projects in the IRL have reduced lagoon pollution by more than 800,000 pounds of excess nitrogen.

Over the 5 years since we launched Blue Ridge Mountains Travel Guide, our team has visited 70-80 different towns in Georgia, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia (not including those we’ve driven ...

NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — The Virginia Zoo is looking for a new executive director after its previous one left to become a director at an Illinois zoo. According to an email from Emily Smicker ...

NORFOLK, Va. — Visitors to the Virginia Zoo can now see two new otters. Asian small-clawed otters named Jilin and Elbe have joined the zoo as part of a species survival plan. Jilin is 10 years ...

The large lizard that was lost was a Komodo dragon, and was named Murphy, according to an announcement made Wednesday by the zoo. He pleased visitors at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo in ...

(Metro Richmond Zoo) RICHMOND, Va. – Two cranes died of bird flu at the Metro Richmond Zoo, marking the first positive test in the zoo’s 30-year history, according to zoo officials. In a ...

Two cases of bird flu have been detected at the Metro Richmond Zoo in Virginia, marking the first time the highly contagious virus has been found at the facility in its 30-year history.