Welcome Zoo Babies x 2!

Spring is an exciting time at the zoo! It’s warming up outside, the tulips are in bloom, and we get to welcome babies from many different species into our zoo family. This spring has [...]

Celebrating Penguins on World Penguin Day

african penguins swimming
For this World Penguin Day, on April 25, the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden wants to highlight one of our favorite flightless birds, penguins.  The Zoo is home to five species of penguins: Magellanic, king, [...]

Penguin Awareness Day

Penguin (Photo: Cassandre Crawford)
Today is Penguin Awareness Day! These quirky, flightless birds are found throughout the Southern hemisphere, and while we often think of them as cold-weather birds, there actually are a number of species that survive [...]