CINCINNATI — An iconic Cincinnati institution is celebrating its 150th anniversary in 2025! Opening on Sept. 18, 1873, as the Cincinnati Zoological Garden, the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden ...

Aida and Martha were given throughout the first of the Zoo’s ten-week season. In Aida, Frederick Jagel, Metropolitan Opera tenor, made his Cincinnati debut and when his first aria rang far out ...

Martha's warmth and loyalty cultivated a wide circle of friends, from her days at Mrs. Lande's nursery school to her recent volunteer work at the Cincinnati Zoo. Known for her steadfast support, ...

Martha's warmth and loyalty cultivated a wide circle of friends, from her days at Mrs. Lande's nursery school to her recent volunteer work at the Cincinnati Zoo. Known for her steadfast support, ...

Martha was later donated to the Cincinnati Zoo. In 1900, these three populations were essentially all that was left of a species that may have made up as much as 40 percent of the North American ...

"Martha," the world’s last surviving passenger pigeon, died at the zoo in 1914. The Cincinnati Summer Opera, known as the Zoo Opera, began at the zoo in 1920.