Cincinnati Zoo

Hydroponics technician Zack Burns said the initiative began as an effort to be more sustainable and resilient to food supply disruptions.

Less than a mile from the elephant enclosures and manatee displays, the zoo set up two storage containers equipped with hydroponic growing systems to cultivate lettuce and kale.

"Sabu" the elephant is back home after, ahem, doing his job in Columbus.

Okapis are related to giraffes, but have much shorter necks. There are only an estimated 15,000 in the world.

The story of Amiry, the serval found in a tree, happened in January, but was only made public recently. He's been doing well at the Cincinnati Zoo, which reportedly hopes to make him a cat ambassador.

Good training allowed staff to administer most without anesthesia.

An MIT researcher is at the zoo to validate the technology, which could eventually be used in the wild.

Many organizations from museums to science centers, zoos and more are offering virtual tours, visits and lessons online during closures caused by the…

Cincinnati native and New York Times bestselling illustrator Richard Cowdrey has again teamed up with the Cincinnati Zoo for a holiday follow-up to the…

The giraffe herd at the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden has grown by one. Tessa, a 12-year-old, gave birth to a calf sired by 11-year-old Kimba early…