The zoo is home to about 1,700 animals and features exhibits that primarily highlight species from Africa and North America.

Dr. Mark Penning, the longtime Walt Disney World vice president charged with caring for the resort’s animal life, will become director of the North Carolina Zoo this summer, the state’s Department of ...

ASHEBORO, N.C. (WTVD) -- The North Carolina Zoo is getting a new director. He happens to have a connection to our Disney family. Disney is the parent company of ABC11. Dr. Mark Penning recently ...

Dr. Mark Penning Named Director of North Carolina Zoo (Photo: North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources) RALEIGH, NC (WWAY) — The North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural ...

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ASHEBORO, N.C. (WGHP) — The North Carolina Zoo’s long-awaited Asia expansion is finished, but visitors still can’t walk through it just yet. Plans for opening the new exhibit are colliding with ...

AI-generated summary reviewed by our newsroom. Read our AI Policy. Tammy the chimpanzee, the North Carolina Zoo’s oldest animal, died at 55. Zoo veterinarians euthanized Tammy after she showed clear ...

ASHEBORO, N.C. (WGHP) — The North Carolina Zoo’s new Asia Continent is all but ready to open, but one thing is getting in the way: the North Carolina state budget. For years, the North Carolina Zoo ...

ASHEBORO, N.C. (WGHP) — North Carolina is a global hot spot for salamanders. Nearly 70 species of these amphibians can be found in our state, even though many of us never see them. In this week’s Zoo ...

The North Carolina Zoo is no longer working with the North Carolina State Beekeepers Association. On Feb. 23, the Beekeepers Association was informed by the North Carolina Department of Natural and ...

A zoo in Denmark is breaking all the rules. The Aalborg Zoo publicly announced it is accepting donations of small pets, which the facility will euthanize and feed to its carnivores. Animals requested ...

The North Carolina Zoo introduced two new sand cats on Thursday. The kittens, who were born in February to parents Sahara and Cosmo, were brought out by their mom in the Desert Dome habitat. Sahara ...