Guest Blogger: Kiarra Elliott, 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. Hi, my name is Kiarra Elliott. I am a junior at the Zoo Academy. The Zoo Academy is a high school at the […]
Orangutans in human care have been taught how to use tools for enrichment, and in
Seyia and Faru – A match made by… the SSP! CINCINNATI (September 15, 2015)– When “Faru,” a ten-year-old, male black rhinoceros, arrived from Zoo Atlanta earlier this summer, Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden’s female, “Seyia,” got more than a 2,800-pound neighbor. She got a potential mate. The Association of Zoo and Aquarium’s (AZA) Species Survival […]
For the past few weeks, Seyia and Faru have been getting to know each other behind
about two dozen Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA)-accredited facilities that have
CINCINNATI – (February 25, 2014) The Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden is excited to announce that it’s now a Kroger Community Rewards program recipient. The program, which was created by Kroger to help support non-profit organizations in the Tri-state, allows customers to register their Kroger Plus Card and start earning money for organizations that impact […]
Cincinnati’s most beloved non-profits and we are grateful to all of the shoppers who have
Imagine if your body could only survive by eating one plant. And to make matters more complicated, that plant is getting harder and harder to find growing in the wild. How will you survive?! Hopefully you would lean on a little help from your friends to grow more of the plant to help you live. […]
agricultural practices, and using pesticides and spraying Roundup in our gardens have
Currently the pair is going through a quarantine period, but they have visual/auditory
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
Trifolium being acclimatized CREW’s tissue culture techniques have significantly
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
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
