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World Gorilla Day: Meet our Gorillas!

Happy World Gorilla Day! Today is an important day to admire gorillas, inspire humans and to recycle cell phones! There are 4 subspecies of gorillas: Western lowland gorillas, Eastern lowland gorilla, mountain gorilla and [...]

Tiger Talk: International Tiger Day 2020

Today is International Tiger Day!! Here at the Cincinnati Zoo we have Malayan tigers which are the second smallest species of tiger. They can get up to 7-8 feet long and between 200-300 lbs. [...]

Pass on Plastic by Joining the Zoo’s Plastic Free Ecochallenge Team!

Did you know that plastic can be found in most marine and terrestrial habitats, and on the seafloor of almost every ocean and sea? Plastic bags are some of the most common plastic items [...]