Meet the Rare Baby Aardvark Born Just Minutes Into the New Year

While many rang in 2026 with another countdown as the ball dropped, the Nashville Zoo was having its own New Year’s ...

Tennessee Zoo Celebrates Rare Animal Birth as 'an Especially Meaningful Milestone'

The baby aardvark, born on New Year's Day, weighs about four pounds and is 'roughly the size of a rolling pin,' the zoo said ...

Bats, bushbabies and aardvark edge closer to extinction in southern Africa

A new list of threatened mammals in South Africa, Lesotho and Eswatini shows that 11 more species have edged closer to ...

Nashville Zoo welcomes extremely rare aardvark calf

Nashville Zoo welcomes extremely rare aardvark calf - The calf is the first aardvark to be born in an AZA-accredited zoo since 2024 ...

The Nashville Zoo Welcomed an Adorable Baby Aardvark Born on New Year’s Day: See Photos!

The calf measured approximately 19 inches long and weighed about four lbs. at birth ...
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First-Ever Aardvark Born at English Zoo Named After 'Harry Potter' Character Dobby the House-Elf

"As soon as we spotted the new baby next to mum we noticed its uncanny resemblance to the Harry Potter character, Dobby, and so that’s the calf's nickname," said Dave White on the Chester Zoo ...

Aardvark calf born on New Year's Day at Nashville Zoo

Nashville Zoo announced its first arrival of 2026, an aardvark calf. Both newborn and mom are doing well, reported the zoo.