/PRNewswire/ Make Music Day, the annual global celebration of music occurring on June 21, today announced its updated schedule of in-person and virtual.
Dolly and Polly are two of the oldest known white rhinos in the world and have lived at Zoo Knoxville since the 1970s! The zoo will celebrate their birthdays Sunday.
There’s a new wolf on the block at Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area.
Officials with the Woodland Nature Station have announced the new wolf is a three-year old female, currently known as #5525 to their animal ambassador family.
The arrival of the female wolf comes after the passing of Kaya, who was brought to the Nature Station in November of last year and reunited with Jasper, a former mate of hers from another nature center. Kaya and Jasper were red wolves which officials say are a critically endangered species with less than 25 individuals remaining in the wild. Friends of LBL spokesman Jennifer Wheatley told us at that time the Nature Station was proud to have been a part of their breeding and species survival program for 30 years.
The Aldabra giant tortoise is moved to his new summer residence in Zoo Knoxville s Arc. Author: 10News Staff Updated: 4:16 PM EDT May 18, 2021
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. One of the oldest and largest members of the Zoo Knoxville family just completed a big move Tuesday. Big Al is the Zoo s resident Aldabra tortoise and returned to exhibit after a trip to the new Zoo Knoxville ARC facility.
The 12,000-square-foot facility featuring more than 80 different species is now open. It s the largest project since the zoo opened. It replaces the zoo s small and aging reptile house, where it was sometimes difficult to really appreciate the animals.