Category: Zoo Volunteers

Reforestation with Pines & Pollinators

The Cincinnati Zoo’s Family Community Service program is back in action at Cowan Lake State Park. Families and volunteers came together to plant Virginia pine trees, to sprinkle wildflower seeds on the earth, and [...]

Loud Voices & Tiny Bodies: FrogWatch

Spring peeper, northern leopard, eastern spadefoot – these all may sound like rock band names, but they are actually names of native frogs! Frogs and toads are both predators and prey in aquatic and [...]

Restoring Native Wildlife with Oak Trees

“Oaks are the quintessential wildlife plants: no other plant genus supports more species of Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths), thus providing more types of bird food, than the mighty oak,” said Douglas Tallamy[1]. According Tallamy’s [...]