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NOTE: Devin Mesoraco will attend instead of Jack Hannahan. Join Us for Reds Day at the Zoo! Player Q & A – 11:30am to 12:30pm in Wings of Wonder Theater. Get ready to ask closing pitchers JJ Hoover & Logan Ondrusek and catcher Devin Mesoraco questions about baseball, hobbies, other sports, etc… In past years, […]
questions about baseball, hobbies, other sports, etc… In past years, questions have

Guests who are inside by the time gates close still have access to the trail.

February 14th is known by many as Valentine’s Day, but here at the zoo we celebrate a slightly different holiday. Bonobos are our closest living relatives (they share the title with chimpanzees who belong to the same genus, Pan). While we share about 98.7% of our DNA, one of the things that makes bonobos unique […]
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With an unexpectedly rapid decline in health, the cat ambassador and veterinary teams had to say an extremely difficult goodbye to a very special cheetah, Redd, yesterday. Here are some highlights of Redd’s journey that the team wanted to share. Redd was one of those animals that touched the hearts of everyone he met. Redd was […]
Redd did not transition to eating meat well so he had to have a feeding port at a

Happy 49th Birthday Vernon! Vernon is the oldest mammal at the Cincinnati Zoo and the oldest male bonobo that is known to be in human care. Vernon has called the Cincinnati Zoo home since 1992 and has been a resident of Jungle Trails since its opening in 1993. He was named after a primatologist named Vernon […]
Groups that participate in the challenge have the chance to earn up to $5000 for

CINCINNATI (September 17, 2016) – The Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden is excited to team up with AmeriCorps, aka the “domestic Peace Corps”, to bring fun, science-based educational opportunities to students in Cincinnati who need it the most and to challenge the community to step up and do more to conserve resources and wildlife. Learn […]
For more than 20 years, thousands of AmeriCorps members have provided direct and

The relationship between the majestic monarch butterfly and the humble milkweed plant is incredibly special. Monarch butterflies begin their lives on a milkweed plant–the only plant the adult butterfly will lay its eggs on. After the caterpillar hatches, they begin feasting on the plant’s leaves. As they eat, the caterpillars ingest toxins called cardenolides, the […]
There are many different kinds of milkweed around the US that have adapted to the

Written by: Emily Myers, Trainer, Cat Ambassador Program Today we celebrate Remus, our cheetah companion dog, as well as other adopted pets around the world! Remus was adopted from one of our local animal shelters, Animal Rescue Fund, back in the summer of 2019. He has a very important job here at the zoo: being […]
Max & Savanna In addition to Remus, we have had 2 other companion dogs adopted from

Earlier this year, the Cincinnati Zoo donated $2,400 to support the Ohio Trumpeter Swan Movement Study.  The Cincinnati Zoo Bird Team was very excited to be a part of a local conservation initiative and hopes to continue to be involved with these efforts. Trumpeter swans currently breed throughout most of the western Great Lakes region, […]
The project timeline has a short window each year as swans have to be marked when

I’ve been an insect keeper at the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden for the past 12 years and a bug fanatic since I was able to catch lightning bugs in my backyard. I’ve always been captivated by these little creatures, each with their own lives going on, unaware of what’s happening in the rest of […]
I know many folks have fears and phobias regarding our many-legged friends and that