Everyone noticed how confidently he walks through the crowd. Maybe his strut has something to do with him always showing up so well-dressed? He seems to know that all eyes are looking down at him. The excited gazes are because he’s a Magellanic penguin standing one and a half feet tall. Known as Buddy the […]
Youth Climate Action Day 2022
October 22 was Youth Climate Action Day, a day to celebrate all of the incredible ways young people are involved in environmental activism, as well as a day to remind us of what we can all be doing to better serve the environment. As we look ahead to how to create a healthier future for our people […]
Animal Tricks and Treats | Cincinnati Zoo Blog
By: Jordan Hubrich and Josh Harris The kind of treats typically associated with Halloween often involve sugar, chocolate, and candy. But many of the animals at the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden have a different idea of a tasty treat. Pumpkins, blood popsicles, rotting carcasses, decaying vegetables—they may be better at this season than we […]
Conservation in Kenya | Cincinnati Zoo Blog
Billy and I were selected to join the Zoo team headed to the South Rift of Kenya, where we spent a week immersed in the Maasai culture. After a bumpy and dusty three-hour truck ride from the capital city of Nairobi, we found ourselves in a land teeming with zebra, giraffe, baboons, and gazelles, with evidence of […]
Rozi and Daisy – The Zoo’s Newest Friends
If you follow the zoo, I’m sure you’ve seen our 2 newest (and cutest) additions to the Cat Ambassador Program (CAP): Rozi and Daisy! Rozi is a cheetah cub that came to us from Wildlife Safari in Oregon. She was a single cub and couldn’t be cared for by her mom, so she came to […]
Happy International Orangutan Day! | Cincinnati Zoo Blog
Today we celebrate the most endangered apes in the world: orangutans! The Jungle Trails team cares for one special Sumatran orangutan here at the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden, Henry! Orangutans are considered semi-solitary apes so they spend more time alone than with others. While Henry has had female orangutan companions in the past, he […]