The first set of must-have pins includes: Fiona with her famous wiggly ears Thane
Opera is for everyone, and the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden is helping visitors with developmental disabilities enjoy a special performance on September 18 at 11 a.m. in the Zoo’s amphitheater by providing sensory bags, a guide to the performance, and social narratives. “The Cincinnati Opera does an evening performance at the Zoo once […]
Even though we now reside in Music Hall, we’re thrilled to have the chance to partner
The Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden is celebrating monarchs, one of the most beautiful and beloved pollinators, this weekend at its first annual Monarch Festival, presented by Simple Truth. The Festival starts at 10 a.m. and includes monarch-themed activities, displays, hands-on learning, a parade (at noon), and a monarch tag and release. “I’m most excited […]
.* The Zoo launched the challenge in March with the goal to have 500 registered
CINCINNATI, OH (February 23, 2017) – The baby boom continues at the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden! Eight-year-old okapi Kuvua gave birth to a healthy, sixty-pound baby boy last week and all is well in the okapi barn. “This is Kuvua’s third calf, so she knew what to do right away. The calf stood within an […]
“Moyo means ‘to have heart’ in Swahili, and this calf has already shown his adventurous
The Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden’s Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) Task Force has been monitoring cases of avian flu in the area and implementing precautionary measures based on the proximity of affected birds. After a new case 35 miles away was reported yesterday, the task force decided to move all at-risk birds inside. “It’s […]
We have established a comprehensive protocol that will guide our decisions on when
Trifolium being acclimatized CREW’s tissue culture techniques have significantly
Currently the pair is going through a quarantine period, but they have visual/auditory
Guest Blogger: Zoe McCollum-Miller, Zoo Academy Junior This blog is part of a series of guest blogs by our Zoo Academy students. To learn more about the Zoo Academy program, click here. I’m sure anyone who has been to the Zoo at least once has seen a Zoo employee holding or walking an interpretive animal […]
animals when there are signs everywhere that give information – especially when we have
By Jillian Petrina and Jordan Hubrich Fall is beginning to settle. Leaves are turning, the days are getting shorter, and there is an ever-growing touch of “spooky” in the atmosphere. Soon it will be Halloween, and many of us will don a disguise and shift into the character of some ghoul, goblin, ghost, or spectacular […]
While we may not have direct contact with some of these habitats, it is still important
When this happens, zoo professionals have to get creative in order to provide the
