Zoo Knoxville has a new long-legged resident, and he’s already stealing hearts and snacks. Living East Tennessee reporter ...

Move over athletes, there’s a new MVP in town and he has wings. Living East Tennessee reporter Noemy Sanchez caught up with Spencer, Zoo Knoxville’s hyacinth macaw who ...

Zoo Knoxville will host a special "Dragon Day" on Saturday to celebrate Slim the Komodo Dragon and dive into the real and ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Zoo Knoxville announced it will open a Rhino Reserve starting Friday, May 23, Memorial Day weekend. The reserve will be a new habitat home to two Southern White Rhinos, Mylo and ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — Zoo Knoxville has had its most successful year hatching flat-tailed tortoises yet, with 10 new hatchlings joining the zoo. Zoo Knoxville shared a video of the new hatchlings ...

In a tender clip from Zoo Knoxville, a mother gorilla named Kumi gently supports her baby son as he figures out how to stand ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Zoo Knoxville has a new addition — and he’s already making a big impression. Meet Mokolo, a 10-year-old male giraffe who arrived this year as part of the zoo’s ongoing conservation ...

The Knoxville Zoo is helping its neighbors in North Carolina. In early October, the Knoxville Zoo sent a team of 10 employees to help the Western North Carolina Nature Center in Asheville rebuild post ...

Sky Pirates of Mermaid Bay claimed the USA TODAY 10BEST top spot for best mini golf. It offers pirate- and mermaid-themed courses. Zoo Knoxville’s amphibian and reptile exhibit was praised for housing ...

The female cub died after the baby animal's mother injured the 4-week-old while she was recovering from a medical procedure at Zoo Knoxville Alexandra Schonfeld is a staff editor at PEOPLE. She has ...

Zoo Knoxville in Tennessee shared in a Facebook post that Amara the African lion gave birth to a "healthy and thriving" female cub on June 16 Zoo Knoxville is adding a new face to its lion pride On ...

According to a Facebook post from Zoo Knoxville, Lydia, a 7-year-old Hartmann’s mountain zebra, died from her injuries. Zoo spokesperson Tina Rolen told WVLT-TV that first responders were called to an ...