February 14th is known by many as Valentine’s Day, but here at the zoo we celebrate a slightly different holiday. Bonobos are our closest living relatives (they share the title with chimpanzees who belong [...]
It’s Reptile Awareness Day and we’re introducing you to some of our keeper’s most-loved reptiles! Reptiles are a class of vertebrates that are scaly and cold-blooded and that, with a few exceptions, lay eggs. They [...]
Today is International Sloth Day! The Cincinnati Zoo is home to two Linnaeus’s two-toed sloths, Lightning and Moe. Moe, our male, is 22 years old and Lightning, our female, recently turned nine years old. [...]