The Cincinnati Zoo Blog

Horticultural Heavyweights Are Heading to the Cincinnati Botanical Garden & Zoo

The Botanical Garden side of the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden has been getting a lot of notice in public gardening circles lately. Our plant trialing program continues to grow, and we’ve been honored [...]

Living the Dream: My AmeriCorps Experience at the Zoo

When I was 15 years old, I started volunteering at the Cincinnati Zoo as a part of what is now called the Zoo Teen program. One of the highlights of my participation was working [...]

These Houses are the Bee’s Knees

Did you enjoy a cup of coffee this morning? You can thank the bees! Of the 1,400 crop plants grown, nearly 75% depend on pollination, including coffee, almonds, many fruits, and chocolate. Without bees [...]