The US Navy is deploying its largest aircraft carrier to Latin America. Here are all the ships it's sent to the region. The ...

WVLT sat down with a keeper at the zoo to learn just how these creepy crawlies play a key role in the ecosystem.

Norm Naylor has been volunteering at Zoo Knoxville for 25 years and works hard to make sure families have fun.

In the video captured by eyewitness Emily Holguin on Saturday, Oct. 11, onlookers gasped when they realized what the 10-year-old gorilla had done.

WASHINGTON — The pandas at the National Zoo will find themselves without their usual adoring crowds Sunday when the Smithsonian Institution’s museums and research centers close their doors to the ...

Are you looking for scream-inducing scares or family-friendly fun this Halloween? You can find it all around Knoxville and East Tennessee!

CLEVELAND(AP) — A critically endangered rhino made its public debut Friday at a Cleveland zoo, dashing about its enclosure and giving a boost to the endangered species. The 120-pound (55-kilogram) ...

Re "Columbus has a world-class zoo. I should know. Here's why voters should support it," Oct. 7: While many praise the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium for its entertainment and economic impact, we must ask: ...

A Columbus resident argues against the zoo levy, stating it funds animal exploitation for entertainment. Another writer expresses concern that property taxes rise based on neighbors' home sales, not ...

Zoo Knoxville has named one of two male red panda cubs born in June after East Tennessee State University professor Steven Wallace, whose research revealed that ancient red pandas once roamed the ...