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Your Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden, the greenest zoo in the country, is working towards making its neighborhood of Avondale one of Cincinnati’s most energy efficient neighborhoods, thanks to a grant from the Duke Class Benefit Fund. The grant, worth $425,000, is allowing the upgrade of lightbulbs to the much more energy efficient, cooler, and […]
In the community, we have conducted lighting audits for 7 non-profits and churches

Lion expert Craig Packer joins impressive list of award recipients CINCINNATI (May 4, 2017) – For the last 25 years, the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden has presented its Wildlife Conservation Award to one of its Barrows Conservation Lecture Series speakers. The 2017 award was presented on May 3 to Dr. Craig Packer, a distinguished […]
The list of conservationists who have been honored with the award also includes Ted

Working as a zookeeper for the past 15 years, I admit to asking myself on more than one occasion whether I am really making a difference for wildlife.  Am I really contributing to the overall conservation of this species?  Those in the zookeeper profession all desperately hope so, which is why we continue to devote […]
Catching Up with KCT’s Conflict Coordinator Funds from the Zoo have supported KCT

Written by Chelsea Wellmer, AmeriCorps Visitor Engagement Member It’s easy to get upset about painted dogs, tigers, and other well-known predators around the world who are currently facing extinction. When we are not the ones who live with or near them, it may seem like a simple problem with a simple solution: stop killing these animals. […]
Have we found a solution for our own problems?

Guest blogger: Kelly Carpenter, Seasonal Keeper Hello! My name is Kelly Carpenter, and I’m the seasonal keeper at Rhino Reserve. October means it is that special time of year again, and October 18 is my personal favorite holiday, World Okapi Day! This year, World Okapi Day is particularly exciting for us because earlier this year […]
A male, the calf is named Moyo, which is Swahili for “to have heart,” and he definitely

Written by Sophie Revis, Green Corps Leader, Millcreek Alliance (partner of the Cincinnati Zoo’s Light Up Avondale Program) My experience with Light Up Avondale has been transformative. To begin, I did not know that the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden was giving back to the Avondale community as much as it does. I think it […]
But, my team and I have changed hundreds and hundreds of light bulbs.

Friday, January 29, 2010 – Samantha, one of the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden’s first ever western lowland gorillas born at the Zoo turns 40 this Sunday, January 31. On January 23, 1970, the Cincinnati Zoo witnessed its first live gorilla birth: a male, “Sam,” born to “Mahari” and “Hatari.”  This was followed eight days […]
1970 and to become, at that time, one of only a handful of people in the world to have

If you have a Platinum, Gold or Standard membership, you may park in any open Zoo

Did you know that plastic can be found in most marine and terrestrial habitats, and on the seafloor of almost every ocean and sea? Plastic bags are some of the most common plastic items found in the environment worldwide, along with drink bottles, bottle caps, food wrappers, and cigarette butts (the filters of which contain […]
Zero-waste shops are on the rise, and a number of states have enacted legislation

The Cincinnati Zoo’s PNC Festival of Lights was just named Best Zoo Lights in the Country by USA TODAY for the 4th year in a row! Come see why! There’s no better way to get into the holiday spirit than at PNC Festival of Lights with 4 million lights, hot chocolate, indoor animal areas to […]
Even better, if you have an Apple Watch, you can control the timer with your watch