The new addition marks the first aardvark since 2024 to be born into a zoo affiliated with the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA), a non-profit that sets the gold standard for animal care and ...

The Nashville Zoo celebrated its first aardvark birth on Jan. 1 The calf weighs about four pounds and is "roughly the size of a rolling pin," the zoo said The calf's father, the first aardvark to live ...

Afer, Europe's oldest aardvark and a father of five, was euthanized last week after the Colchester Zoo's animal care team noticed he was less active than usual. He was 32. Colchester Zoo via SWNS Afer ...

SAN DIEGO — Move over Moo Deng: A new, adorable baby animal has arrived in San Diego. Though they don't have a name yet, the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance said the first aardvark calf ever born at ...

Ants stick to their tongue, like flies stick to fly paper, but the adaptations don’t stop there. Once swallowed and shunted ...

Nashville Zoo welcomed its first-ever aardvark calf on New Year’s Day, marking one of the earliest animal births within the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA) community for 2026. According to a ...

While many rang in 2026 with another countdown as the ball dropped, the Nashville Zoo was having its own New Year’s celebration. Just six hours and six minutes into January 1, the Nashville Zoo ...

Martin and Chris activate into their aardvark power suits to save creatures from Zach. Zach captures animals to dig a swimming pool. Martin and Chris confront Zach and try to reason that animals ...

What do you do when all you can see in a dark, deep hole is an ear and an eye? If you’re Arnold Slabbert, you simply climb in to rescue whatever is in there. On Tuesday, 10 February 2026, Slabbert, an ...

The calf measured approximately 19 inches long and weighed about four lbs. at birth The Nashville Zoo recently welcomed an aardvark calf The animal was born the morning of Jan. 1 The new addition ...

Nashville welcomes aardvark calf, born on New Year’s Day Nashville Zoo welcomed an aardvark on New Year’s Day, one of the first animal births within the Association of Zoos and Aquariums community for ...