Zoo Knoxville recently honored World Lizard Day by celebrating its resident Komodo dragon, Slim. Slim lives in the Wee Play Adventure area across from the Clayton Family Amphibian and Reptile …
Just hanging around at Zoo Knoxville
Neither marsupial nor primate, Joe the Linnaeus two-toed sloth at Zoo Knoxville is, nonetheless, a mammal. Despite that classification in the animal kingdom, he resides in the Clayton Family Amphibian …
Zoo Knoxville wins Orchid Award
The Clayton Family Amphibian and Reptile Conservation Campus (ARC) at Zoo Knoxville received Keep Knoxville Beautiful’s Orchid Award for New Architecture last week.
The ARC Campus provides an unparalleled educational resource …
Welcome to the world, little one
It’s been almost 20 years since Zoo Knoxville was the first American zoo and only the second institution in the world to hatch Madagascar flat-tailed tortoises. This little tortoise pictured …
Last year was a good one for Zoo Knoxville
Zoo Knoxville welcomed 585,282 visitors in 2021, rebounding from the pandemic with a new attendance record that exceeded the one set in 2018 by more than 73,000 people. This latest …