The Cincinnati Zoo Blog

Corpse Flower Morticia Ready for a (Stinky) Bloom

Exciting things are blooming in Discovery Forest! The corpse flower at the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanic Garden is close to blooming for the first time ever! Nicknamed “Morticia”, it was given to us as a [...]

Tortoise Study Shows Environment May Slow Aging Process

Tortoises in Cincinnati are helping wild counterparts around the world by participating in a study on aging. Data recorded by the Cincinnati Zoo helped a new Species360 Conservation Science Alliance study challenging evolutionary theories of aging [...]

Otterly Amazing Conservation Collaboration

Otters Sugar and Wesley at the Cincinnati Zoo are known for their playful antics, but this is not a joke – scientists are using their fecal samples to protect animals and their habitats, also [...]