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Written by Chelsea Wellmer, AmeriCorps Visitor Engagement Member Happy Penguin Awareness Day! On this Penguin Awareness Day, we’d like to share a little bit about each of the five penguin species the Zoo is currently home to: king penguins, rockhopper penguins, Magellanic penguins, little penguins, and African penguins. Keep reading to learn more about each […]
Hill) Magellanic Penguins Magellanic penguins have the characteristic tuxedo pattern

With both day and nighttime event venues available to rent, we have something for

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 […]
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Guest blogger: Sarah Lang, Zoo Intern You can’t get a job without experience, but you can’t get experience without a job. It’s the classic conundrum everyone is facing as they emerge from college dorm cocoons and are stretching their new adult wings. As if that isn’t hard enough, the animal field is incredibly challenging to […]
I was accepted and only have one year left in the program at this point.

By: Theresa Clyatt-Larson, Victoria McGee, and David Orban When you visit the doctor, you typically get a blood pressure reading. It’s a simple process that we don’t think too much of – the nurse wraps a fabric or plastic cuff around your arm, and then either turns the machine on or manually inflates the cuff. […]
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It is home to the CHamoru people who are believed to have travelled to Guam from