Tennessee may be better known for music and mountains, but the state has quietly built one of the Southeast’s most varied collections of zoos and aquariums — from sprawling сафaris to immersive ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT/Gray News) - An elephant at a zoo in Tennessee has found a new home at an elephant sanctuary, zoo officials announced Tuesday. “It was an emotional moment watching Jana’s ...

LIMESTONE, Tenn. (WJHL) — Kipekee, a rare spotless giraffe born at a Tennessee zoo, has died. She turned two years old on July 31. Brights Zoo, located in the northeastern area of Limestone, announced ...

LIMESTONE, Tenn. — Kipekee, the spotless giraffe born at Brights Zoo in Tennessee in 2023, has died, according to a post from the zoo. Officials said she was the only spotless giraffe on Earth at the ...

The hatching of the 107th tiny, wriggling snake at a Tennessee zoo marks the end of another year of efforts to save one of North America’s rarest snakes from extinction. The Memphis Zoo is celebrating ...

Zoo staff are trying to figure out how 33 reptiles died.Zoo representatives found 30 snakes dead on Wednesday morning at a reptile-area building, the Knoxville News Sentinel reported. The Zoo ...

Outcry over plans to build a large data center next to the zoo has energized support for new restrictions in Nashville.