NORFOLK, Va. (WKRC) - A recent sighting of what some believed to be an escaped gorilla at the Virginia Zoo turned out to be a false alarm, with the zoo saying it may have merely been the ...

The Norfolk zoo lost power on Tuesday night, and not long after, rumors started circulating online that the electricity shortage left a gorilla’s enclosure unlocked.

Rumors that a gorilla got loose and was running amok forced a zoo in Virginia to put residents minds at ease — by telling them they have nothing to fear because they have no gorillas in ...

The Virginia Zoo responded to rumors of an escaped gorilla in Norfolk by confirming that not only were all of its animals accounted for, but the zoo doesn't even have gorillas.

Social media rumors claimed a gorilla escaped from the Virginia Zoo. There's only one problem: The zoo doesn't have any gorillas.

The slogan may be "Virginia Is For Lovers", but we say Virginia is for families! There are so many amazing things to do in Virginia with kids, we barely know where to start. The birthplace of eight ...

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 ...

On Dec. 9, just two weeks before Christmas, a baby pygmy hippo was born at the zoo in Richmond, Virginia. Now, you can vote to help decide her name.

The Metro Richmond Zoo in Virginia is welcoming a newborn pygmy hippo just before the holidays, the zoo announced in a press release on Dec 24.

Endangered pygmy hippo born at Virginia zoo The newborn, who has yet to be named, is the third baby hippo born at the Metro Richmond Zoo within the past five years.

No crocodiles, or rhinoceroseses, the Internet only likes hippopotamuseses and its wish came true in early December when Virginia's Metro Richmond Zoo welcomed a newborn pygmy hippo.

A Virginia zoo welcomes newborn pygmy hippopotamus as year ends Pygmy hippos are an endangered West African species, and only 2,500 mature hippos remain in the wild.