The Asian Lantern Festival is nearing the end of its run, featuring hundreds of illuminated lanterns making up nearly 50 ...

As the New Year begins, the Asian Lantern Festival is coming to a close at the Chattanooga Zoo, giving families one last ...

Through thrilling encounters with wildlife from around the world, the nonprofit Chattanooga Zoo aims to educate visitors about its wildlife rehabilitation work and inspire them to be part of its ...

The Chattanooga Zoo recently welcomed two newborn pied tamarins, a critically endangered species of small primates native to the Brazilian rainforest. The newborns are the second set of twins born to ...

Chattanooga Zoo officially announced Monday that its entirely new Cape of Africa section will be open to the public on Aug. 31. The $3.9 million development, located at the front of the Zoo, will ...

The Chattanooga Zoo announced Wednesday the Asian Lantern Festival is returning for the upcoming holiday season. In a press release sent out on Wednesday, the zoo announced this year's theme as ...

Love is in the air at Chattanooga Zoo, where Carly the pied tamarin celebrated Valentine's Day by welcoming two healthy offspring. Not to be outdone, Daphne, another resident pied tamarin, gave birth ...

The Chattanooga Zoo announces that it has been awarded a new certification in environmental sustainability. On Nov. 29, 2017 the Chattanooga Zoo was officially awarded the green|light certification ...

The Chattanooga Zoo just broke its record for annual attendance and passed the 200,000 visitor mark for 2015. The zoo had 200,352 visitors last year, well beyond the previous year's record of 170,547, ...

Monroe County — The week of the Florida versus Tennessee football game, people in East Tennessee expect a few swampy sightings here and there. When a Monroe County woman spotted a gator in her ...

When Darde Long toured the Warner Park Zoo on her first day in Aug. 21, 1985, she realized she was facing an uphill battle of fulfilling her dream of helping animals. Hank the chimpanzee was ...

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